A former inmate at a Liverpool jail has been found guilty of murdering an ex-prison officer after he exposed an affair between the convict and a female guard.

Elias Morgan shot father-of-three Lenny Scott six times at close range outside a gym in Skelmersdale, Lancashire, in February 2024.

The 33-year-old later died in hospital.

Anthony Cleary, 29, a friend of Morgan's who had been accused of helping to plan the shooting, was found not guilty of murder and manslaughter at Preston Crown Court today.

The revenge killing took place four years after Scott, who was working as a prison officer at HMP Altcourse at the time, had revealed an affair between Morgan, a convict in the jail, and a female prison guard, the jury was told.

Image: CCTV shows the moment before Scott, left, was gunned

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