HMP Altcourse prison officer shot in 'revenge plot', jury told

Prison officer's chilling 8-words before being 'shot dead by inmate'

Lenny Scott, 33, who worked at HMP Altcourse, was shot six times by a gunman outside a gym after he reported a threat made to him inside.

In 'The Science of Revenge,' an expert explains why humans are hardwired for payback : NPR's Book of the Day

In his new book, The Science of Revenge, James Kimmel Jr. argues that there is a human desire to get even – and it might even be an addiction. Kimmel Jr., a professor at the Yale School of Medicine, realized his own taste for retaliation as a teenager and later felt that he would benefit from a kind of "revenge rehab." In today's episode, the author tells NPR's Michel Martin that revenge lights up the same area of the brain activated by drug add…

Prison guard shot dead in 'revenge' for exposing officer's illicit relationship, court hears - Daily Star

Two men, Elias Morgan and Anthony Cleary, are on trial at Preston Crown Court accused of the murder of Lenny Scott, 33, who was shot dead outside a gym last year

Prison guard shot dead in 'act of revenge after exposing illicit relationship' - The Mirror

Elias Morgan and Anthony Cleary have gone on trial accused of the murder of 33-year-old former prison officer Lenny Scott, who was shot dead outside a gym in Skelmersdale, West Lancashire

Former prison officer 'gunned down in revenge plot after exposing behind bars fling between inmate and colleague', court hears - Manchester Evening News

The two men on trial deny the murder of Lenny Scott who was shot six times

HMP Altcourse prison officer shot in 'revenge plot', jury told

Lenny Scott was ambushed in what prosecutors claim was an 'act of retaliation', a trial has heard.