ambushed

On 8 February 2024, a month after staking out Mr Scott's home and two gyms he trained at, he ambushed his victim outside a gym on Peel Road in Skelmersdale, Lancashire.

Because he was portraying the unit’s leader, Murphy, he was tasked with leading the actors in a drill in which they would be ambushed in the woods by the SEALs training them.

The researchers say it would have ambushed its prey from the water's edge, much like crocodiles and caimans do today.

His convoy was ambushed by armed groups using mortars and drones.

Later that month, another of the gang's victims was ambushed by masked attackers in the Ferniehill area of Edinburgh.