When killer Elias Morgan decided to wear a high-visibility jacket to carry out the cold-blooded murder of a former prison officer, it came as a surprise to many. But, it bore a striking resemblance to a number of other fatal shootings in the north west.

The fluorescent orange high-vis might appear initially counter-intuitive, as normally criminals would want to avoid as much attention as possible. Yet, witnesses in the case of Morgan remembered how the murderer wore an orange hi-vis jacket and mask, while CCTV recovered from the scene of the shooting backed up their accounts.

However, the choice of clothing actually has been used as a cunning decoy tactic to confuse potential witnesses. Detective chief inspector Lee Wilson led Lancashire Constabulary's investigations into the murder of

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