After His Illicit Jailhouse Affair Was Exposed, He Was Released

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Elias Morgan was sentenced to 45 years in prison for the murder of Lenny Scott

Scott was a former prison guard who discovered a cellphone in Morgan's cell when he was a prisoner in 2020. The cellphone revealed an affair Morgan was having with another jailhouse officer

Morgan warned Scott he'd "bide" his time and seek revenge, shooting and killing him four years later

A former British inmate has been sentenced to 45 years back behind bars after he was convicted last month of killing an ex-prison guard who exposed the illicit affair he was having with another officer in 2020.

Elias Morgan, 35, had plotted his revenge for years, according to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).

Morgan shot and killed Lenny Scott, who was a jailhouse guard while Morgan was previously behin