>The family of the murdered private detective Daniel Morgan are to sue the Metropolitan police for damages, alleging that a decades-long cover-up of corruption is continuing.
>An official inquiry in June [found](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jun/15/daniel-morgan-met-chief-censured-for-hampering-corruption-inquiry) that the Met commissioner, Cressida Dick, obstructed the panel appointed by the government to investigate claims that corruption blighted the hunt for Morgan’s killers and that the Met had failed to root it out.
Morgan was found with an axe in his head in a south London pub car park in 1987. He and his business partner, Jonathan Rees, ran an agency called Southern Investigations, which carried out extensive work for the [News of the World](https://www.theguardian.com/media/newsoftheworld).
>No one has been convicted of his murder and the Met has previously accepted that corrupt officers shielded the killers. The Morgan family has decided to sue in part in frustration at what they see as a continuing cover-up.
>Despite the inquiry’s stark findings against Dick, the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (Mopac), the body that oversees the Met, decided she would not face disciplinary action. The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) is still to make a decision in relation to Dick and other Met officers past and present.
>The Morgan family’s solicitor, Raju Bhatt, said the civil claim alleged misfeasance in public office as well as breaches of the Human Rights Act. Dick would be named as a defendant, with the lawsuit alleging widespread wrongdoing as identified by the report
Good, this case has been a cluster fuck for decades.
Recommend the podcast ‘Untold: The Daniel Morgan Murder’. Gives great inside, and interviews many involved, including Daniels brother.
I really do hope that Daniel Morgans family eventually get some kind of justice and resolution from this very sad affair.
How is Cressida Dick still clinging on? Unbelievable
How can this woman (dick) still be in charge of the police after this ?
She has been involved in this.
question from someone outside the UK: how likely is it for something to come of this? Is it likely there will be at least some kind of hearing? Will the ones responsible just get out with a “i don´t remember”?
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>The family of the murdered private detective Daniel Morgan are to sue the Metropolitan police for damages, alleging that a decades-long cover-up of corruption is continuing.
>An official inquiry in June [found](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jun/15/daniel-morgan-met-chief-censured-for-hampering-corruption-inquiry) that the Met commissioner, Cressida Dick, obstructed the panel appointed by the government to investigate claims that corruption blighted the hunt for Morgan’s killers and that the Met had failed to root it out.
Morgan was found with an axe in his head in a south London pub car park in 1987. He and his business partner, Jonathan Rees, ran an agency called Southern Investigations, which carried out extensive work for the [News of the World](https://www.theguardian.com/media/newsoftheworld).
>No one has been convicted of his murder and the Met has previously accepted that corrupt officers shielded the killers. The Morgan family has decided to sue in part in frustration at what they see as a continuing cover-up.
>Despite the inquiry’s stark findings against Dick, the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (Mopac), the body that oversees the Met, decided she would not face disciplinary action. The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) is still to make a decision in relation to Dick and other Met officers past and present.
>The Morgan family’s solicitor, Raju Bhatt, said the civil claim alleged misfeasance in public office as well as breaches of the Human Rights Act. Dick would be named as a defendant, with the lawsuit alleging widespread wrongdoing as identified by the report
Good, this case has been a cluster fuck for decades.
Recommend the podcast ‘Untold: The Daniel Morgan Murder’. Gives great inside, and interviews many involved, including Daniels brother.
I really do hope that Daniel Morgans family eventually get some kind of justice and resolution from this very sad affair.
How is Cressida Dick still clinging on? Unbelievable
How can this woman (dick) still be in charge of the police after this ?
She has been involved in this.
question from someone outside the UK: how likely is it for something to come of this? Is it likely there will be at least some kind of hearing? Will the ones responsible just get out with a “i don´t remember”?