A drug dealer has been found guilty of murdering a former prison officer in an “act of revenge” four years after he seized a mobile phone from his jail cell.

Father-of-three Lenny Scott was shot six times outside a gym in Skelmersdale, Lancashire, on 8 February 2024 as he emerged from a jiu-jitsu training session.

Gunman Elias Morgan, 35, was convicted of murder by unanimous verdicts after a nine-week trial at Preston Crown Court, while his co-accused Anthony Cleary, 29, was found not guilty of both murder and manslaughter.

The jury heard the discovery of the phone in HMP Altcourse, Liverpool, exposed a sexual relationship between Morgan and another prison officer called Sarah Williams.

Neither defendant appeared to react as the eight men and three women of the jury returned their verdicts, after five hours and 24 minutes of deliberations.

Cleary had been accused of supporting Morgan’s murder plan by delivering a getaway van and an electric bike to the scene of the shooting, but told the jury he had no idea his close friend was planning to shoot anyone.