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The Sun
03-07-2025
- The Sun
Chilling moment gunman in high-vis jacket shoots dead dad-of-3 outside gym ‘in revenge for exposing illicit jail affair'
THIS is the chilling moment a gunman wearing a high-vis jacket shoots dead a dad-of-three. A jury was shown CCTV footage revealing Lenny Scott's last moments before he was killed outside a Lancashire gym on February 8 last year. 8 8 8 The haunting clip shows the 33-year-old leaving the building, in Skelmersdale, at around 7.30pm. He walks out with four others, who make their way to a car parked outside. Ex-prison guard Lenny stays behind for a few moments chatting to his pal, as a man wearing a high-vis jacket advances in the back ground. The attacker briefly hangs back behind a car before approaching Lenny and calmly raising his gun. As the CCTV cuts off, six shots can be heard, and the gunman flees on an electric bike to a getaway van nearby. Prosecutors allege Elias Morgan, 35, of Edge Hill in Liverpool, was the shooter. They also argue Anthony Cleary, 29, was the getaway driver inside the white Vauxhall Combo - previously registered to a cleaning company run by Morgan's brother Ezra Morgan. The pair are both on trial for murder, which the prosecution argue was fuelled by revenge after Lenny exposed his affair with a female prison guard. Lenny had confiscated a phone which contained evidence of the lag's relationship with prison officer Sarah Williams. Alex Leach KC, prosecuting, told the jury evidence "presented a powerful image". "One in which Elias Morgan, driven by a desire for revenge and reliant on Anthony Cleary for his assistance, planned and executed the murder of Lenny Scott," he said. The court heard how before the horror, Mr Morgan had allegedly driven to Darfield estate, a site not too far from the murder scene. 8 8 8 He travelled there in a Mercedes GLC car which had previously been insured in his mother's name, the court heard. Mr Leach told the jury the car arrived at 5.48pm. CCTV revealed a figure walking from Darfield to nearby Daybrook estate, where the van had been parked about 40 minutes earlier. The jury heard at 6.06pm, footage showed the bike doing a "dry run" to the gym and back to the estate. The gunman returned to the car park at 6.48pm, where he waited for Lenny to exit the gym. The trial continues. 8
BBC News
03-07-2025
- BBC News
Jury shown CCTV of gunman shooting dead ex-prison officer
A jury has seen CCTV footage of the last moments of former prison officer Lenny Scott before he was shot six times. The 33-year-old was killed outside a gym in Skelmersdale, Lancashire, on 8 February allege the murder was motivated by revenge because, four years earlier, Mr Scott seized a HMP Liverpool prisoner's phone which contained evidence of the inmate's sexual relationship with a female guard. CCTV of the ambush was played at Preston Crown Court earlier where the former prisoner, Elias Morgan, 35, of Edge Hill in Liverpool, is on trial accused of being the gunman. The killer, wearing an orange high-visibility jacket, waited in the car park of the gym in Peel Road for 53 minutes before Mr Scott emerged at 19:34 footage showed the gunman walk towards Mr Scott, who was standing by his car chatting to another Scott was shot in the head and body before the gunman fled on an electric bike to a getaway van parked on a nearby estate. The prosecution claim the van, a white Vauxhall Combo, had been parked there with the electic bike in the back, by 29-year-old Anthony Cleary who is also on trial and denies murder. The jury has been told the van was also previously registered to a cleaning company, EDM Cleaning Ltd, run by Morgan's brother Ezra Morgan. Alex Leach KC, prosecuting, had earlier told the jury the evidence they would hear "presented a powerful image"."One in which Elias Morgan, driven by a desire for revenge and reliant on Anthony Cleary for his assistance, planned and executed the murder of Lenny Scott," he jury heard before the shooting Mr Morgan had allegedly driven to the Darfield estate, a short distance away from the complex containing the gym, in a Mercedes GLC car previously insured in his mother's Leach said the car had arrived at 17:48, and a few minutes later CCTV showed a figure walking from Darfield to the nearby Daybrook estate, where the van had been parked about 40 minutes earlier. The jury heard at 18:06 CCTV showed the bike doing a "dry run" to the gym and back to the estate. The gunman returned to the car-park at 18:48, where he waited until Mr Scott emerged from the building. The trial continues. Listen to the best of BBC Radio Merseyside on BBC Sounds and follow BBC Merseyside on Facebook, X, and Instagram, and watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer.
Yahoo
02-07-2025
- Yahoo
Men accused of murder plot pictured at Glastonbury
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. Listen to the best of BBC Radio Lancashire on Sounds and follow BBC Lancashire on Facebook, X and Instagram. You can also send story ideas via Whatsapp to 0808 100 2230. HM Courts & Tribunal Service Murder-accused 'described prison officer's family' Tears as jury shown CCTV of prison officer's killing Prison officer shot in 'revenge plot', jury told
BBC News
02-07-2025
- BBC News
Lenny Scott: Men accused of prison officer's murder pictured at Glastonbury
Two men accused of murdering a prison officer in a "revenge plot" were pictured together at Glastonbury festival, a court has Scott, 33, was shot six times with a handgun in the car park of a gym in Skelmersdale, Lancashire, on 8 February 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 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 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 photograph showed the pair among throngs of festivalgoers, Mr Morgan pictured with his arm around Mr 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 vehicle was driven back through Europe and into the UK, arriving back on 13 December by Mr Cleary, the court has Morgan flew back to the UK, taking a flight first to Ireland and then on into the UK, jurors were trial continues. Listen to the best of BBC Radio Lancashire on Sounds and follow BBC Lancashire on Facebook, X and Instagram. You can also send story ideas via Whatsapp to 0808 100 2230.
Daily Mail
02-07-2025
- Daily Mail
Men accused of shooting prison officer dead in 'revenge' for exposing affair with guard are pictured at Glastonbury
Two men accused of shooting a prison officer dead after he exposed an illegal affair were pictured attending Glastonbury Festival together. Elias Morgan and Anthony Cleary allegedly murdered father-of-four Lenny Scott who was fatally injured outside a West Lancashire gym in February last year. Morgan is said to have shot the victim in an 'act of retaliation' after Mr Scott, 33, exposed an illicit relationship involving him and a female prison guard at HMP Altcourse in Liverpool. Cleary allegedly assisted Morgan by 'delivering the van and bike so they could be used by a gunman who intended to kill Lenny Scott'. Both men deny murder and Cleary also denies a second charge of manslaughter. A timeline of Morgan and Cleary's relationship has now revealed the pair go as far back as at least June 2023, when they were seen together at Glastonbury Festival. Their attendance came just days after Morgan entered a not guilty plea to possession of an unauthorised phone recovered by Mr Scott. The pictures show Morgan with his arm around Cleary with dozens of festival-goers in the background. In another image the pair can be seen lying down. Court proceedings yesterday saw prosecutor Alex Leach KC take the jury through a timeline of events made up of CCTV, ANPR footage and cell site data. Telematics data on Morgan's Mercedes vehicle showed it was in Spain until December 11 2023 from at least July 11, the court was told. Between November 12 and 19 that year, a number attributed to Morgan used networks in the UAE and in Spain until December 11. A phone attributed to Morgan and Cleary then crossed from Spain into France on December 12, the court heard. Cleary told an associate in a recovered Instagram message he was with 'me bird, me mate' and they were 'bringing car back from Spain, few stops on the way'. The pair were also pictured together in Paris in images recovered from Cleary's handset before the Mercedes was back in Liverpool on December 13. In the early hours of December 23, Morgan made a payment to Aer Lingus in Dublin and later made a payment to Manchester Airport, the court heard. A phone attributed to Morgan was used across mainland Europe between December 24 and 30 and in Spain between New Year's Eve and January 2, 2024. Mr Leach said that on January 3, Morgan went on a 'reconnaissance trip' where, along with other unidentified men, he visited three addresses linked to Mr Scott. These included the North West Mecca Gym in Speke, Mr Scott's home address in Prescot and a gym at Peel House in Skelmersdale - outside which Mr Scott was later shot dead. The court previously heard the root of Mr Scott's alleged murder lay in his discovery of Morgan's mobile phone on March 26, 2020. On it, he found evidence that exposed Morgan's sexual relationship with prison officer Sarah Williams. Morgan told Mr Scott to 'balls up the paperwork' and even offered him £1,500 not to report it, jurors were told. But the prison officer submitted the paperwork - and from that moment 'Elias Morgan told Lenny Scott that he would get him, he said he would bide his time, but that he would get him'. Jurors heard that on February 8, 2024, Mr Scott was leaving a gym in Skelmersdale, Lancashire 'when he was approached by a man wearing a high-visibility jacket and carrying a handgun'. 'The man shot him, six times, to the head and body,' Mr Leach said. 'Lenny Scott died of his injuries. 'The murder was, the prosecution says, an act of retaliation.' Jurors were told that mobile phone evidence showed the two men spent January 3 as a 'day of reconnaissance' as part of the plan to kill Mr Scott. They visited locations including the area of his home as well as gyms he formerly and currently attended. Mr Leach told the jury yesterday: 'The evidence you are about to hear, when examined in detail, reveals a powerful image, one in which Elias Morgan, driven by a desire for revenge and reliant on Anthony Cleary for his assistance, planned and executed the murder of Lenny Scott. Both men, the prosecution says, are guilty of his murder.' The trial continues.
