Paddy Edrich
Crime Reporter at Liverpool Echo
Crime reporter @livechonews / [email protected]
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1 day ago |
liverpoolecho.co.uk | Paddy Edrich
Elias Morgan is accused of shooting Mr Scott in an "act of retaliation", supported by co-defendant Anthony ClearyA prison officer shot dead said, 'I've made it worse...he runs the wing" after he reported a threat inside HMP Altcourse, his partner said. Lenny Scott, 33, was fatally injured when he was shot six times by the gunman wearing a hi-vis jacket outside a gym on Peel Road in Skelmersdale on February 8, 2024.
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1 day ago |
liverpoolecho.co.uk | Paddy Edrich
Lenny Scott's mum Paula said the family "don't know people from that world" after her son was shotThe mum of a former prison officer killed by a gunman said "the first thing that came to mind" was a threat made against her son four years before, a court has heard. Lenny Scott, 33, was fatally injured when he was shot six times by the gunman wearing a hi-vis jacket outside a gym on Peel Road in Skelmersdale on February 8 2024.
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1 day ago |
lancs.live | Patrick Edrich |Paddy Edrich
The trial of two men charged with the murder of Lenny Scott is underway. Elias Morgan and Anthony Cleary are charged with the murder of dad-of-three Mr Scott, who was 33 when he was shot outside a gym on Peel Road in Skelmersdale on February 8 last year. Mr Scott, from Prescot, died of serious gunshot injuries in hospital soon after. Morgan, 35, and of Highgate Street, and Cleary, 29, and of Smithdown Lane, both of Edge Hill, were charged in June 2024 with the alleged offence.
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2 days ago |
liverpoolecho.co.uk | Paddy Edrich
Anthony Cleary is alleged to have assisted Elias Morgan in his "revenge plot" against Lenny ScottA man accused of murder searched for news of the shooting on Google minutes after speaking with the alleged gunman on a WhatsApp call, a court has heard. Anthony Cleary is one of two men accused of the murder of Lenny Scott, who was fatally injured when he was shot on Peel Road in Skelmersdale on February 8 last year.
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3 days ago |
lancs.live | Patrick Edrich |Paddy Edrich
Two men are standing trial today at Preston Crown Court charged with the murder of Lenny Scott is listed to begin today. Elias Morgan and Anthony Cleary are accused with murdering the dad-of-three when he was shot outside a gym on Peel Road in Skelmersdale on February 8 last year. The 33-year-old died of serious gunshot injuries in hospital soon after.
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