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Lenny Scott: Men accused of prison officer's murder pictured at Glastonbury

Lenny Scott: Men accused of prison officer's murder pictured at Glastonbury

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Two men accused of murdering a prison officer in a "revenge plot" were pictured together at Glastonbury festival, a court has heard.Lenny Scott, 33, was shot six times with a handgun in the car park of a gym in Skelmersdale, Lancashire, on 8 February 2024.Elias Morgan, 35, and co-defendant Anthony Cleary, 29, who are both from the Edge Hill area of Liverpool, have denied Mr Scott's murder, while Mr Cleary also denies an alternative count of manslaughter.The prosecution allege his murder was an "act of retaliation" after Mr Scott seized a mobile phone from Mr Morgan's cell at HMP Altcourse in Liverpool in March 2020.
Jurors at Preston Crown Court have heard a gunman, wearing a high-visibility jacket, approached Mr Scott outside the gym on Peel Road and shot him once in the head and five times in the body.
The prosecution claim Mr Morgan, of Highgate Street, was the gunman and that he was supported by co-accused Mr Cleary, of Smithdown Lane, who allegedly left a van and electric bike for Mr Morgan near the scene.The jury has heard during the police investigation, officers found a number of pieces of evidence which shows the connection between the two men. One was a photograph recovered from Mr Cleary's mobile phone of the pair together at the Glastonbury festival together in June 2023.The photograph showed the pair among throngs of festivalgoers, Mr Morgan pictured with his arm around Mr Cleary.Later that year, on the 11 December, mobile phones used by Mr Morgan and Mr Cleary were using cell sites in southern Spain, the court heard. Also recorded in Spain on the same day was a Mercedes vehicle which was used by Mr Morgan, the court heard.The vehicle was driven back through Europe and into the UK, arriving back on 13 December by Mr Cleary, the court has heard.Mr Morgan flew back to the UK, taking a flight first to Ireland and then on into the UK, jurors were told.The trial continues.
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