A former inmate has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 45 years after murdering an ex-prison officer in a revenge killing.
Elias Morgan, 35, shot father-of-three Lenny Scott six times as he left a gym in Skelmersdale, Lancashire, on 8 February 2024.
Preston Crown Court heard that four years earlier, while working at HMP Altcourse in Liverpool, Mr Scott, 33, had recovered a mobile phone from Morgan’s cell.
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