Overview

• A jury at Preston Crown Court found former inmate Elias Morgan, 35, guilty of murdering 33-year-old Lenny Scott outside a Skelmersdale gym on February 8, 2024.
• Anthony Cleary, 29, was found not guilty of both murder and manslaughter, according to the Crown Prosecution Service.
• Prosecutors said the attack was a revenge killing after a 2020 contraband phone seizure exposed Morgan’s illicit relationship with a prison officer.
• Jurors were told Scott was shot six times to the head and body and the gunman fled on an electric bike.
• The CPS praised Scott’s integrity in reporting the illicit phone and said the case showed Morgan planned and carried out a retaliatory killing.