TWO men shot a prison officer dead in a revenge attack after he exposed one of their affairs with a female jail guard, a court heard.
Lenny Scott was gunned down outside a gym in Skelmersdale, Lancashire, in an “act of retaliation”, it is said.
MEN MediaLenny Scott was gunned down and killed outside a gym[/caption]
Lynda RoughleyHe had exposed one of his alleged killer’s affair with prison officer Sarah Williams[/caption]
Jurors heard he had lived in fear for his “family’s life” after he was threatened by prisoner Elias Morgan over a four-year period.
Morgan, 35, allegedly wanted to get revenge after Lenny exposed an illicit relationship involving him and a female officer at HMP Altcourse.
The prison guard had discovered a phone in Morgan’s cell that revealed the sexual affair with Sarah Williams, jurors heard.
Prosecutor Alex Leach KC said when Lenny refused a £1,500 offer to “lose” the phone, Morgan responded with “powerfully made” threats.
This included Morgan allegedly telling him: “I’ll bide my time, but I promise I will get you” before making a gun gesture.
Four days after the phone was seized, he made a 101 call to police claiming a car had been “sat outside my house all weekend”.
Preston Crown Court heard Lenny told the operator in March 2020 a prisoner had been “threatening my family”.
When she asked who had made the threat, he replied: “Elias Morgan. He’s described my family and me to a tee, described my house.”
Lenny said the threats came after he had “nicked” Morgan “for a phone”.
The prison officer said: “Until I ‘drop’ that, he said they’re staying there and they’re just going to constantly be around my house, and I’m just in fear for my family’s life.”
The court heard on February 8 last year, Lenny was outside a gym when he was approached by a gunman in a high-vis jacket who shot him once in the head and five times to the body.
Morgan is accused of being the gunman, while co-defendant Anthony Cleary, 29, allegedly left a van and electric bike for him.
Police have now released images seen by jurors of the pair together at Glastonbury in 2023.
It came just days Morgan entered a not guilty plea to possession of the unauthorised phone found by Lenny.
Morgan and Cleary, both from the Edge Hill area of Liverpool, deny murder.
Cleary also denies an alternative charge of manslaughter.
The trial continues.
Lancashire PoliceAnthony Cleary (left) and Elias Morgan pictured together at Glastonbury in 2023[/caption]
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