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11 June 2021 / Dr Jon Robins
Issue: 7936 / Categories: Features , Criminal
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Justice for Daniel Morgan, three decades on

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Jon Robins investigates claims of a ‘cover up’ in the horrific murder of private investigator, Daniel Morgan

Six years ago, I interviewed the brother of Daniel Morgan, the private eye found murdered in the car park of the Golden Lion pub in Sydenham, south-east London with an axe embedded in his head in 1987. Alastair Morgan has now spent over three decades attempting to expose those responsible for this most notorious murder, and yet nobody has stood trial. ‘Sometimes I’d step back and think: “God Almighty, how did I do it. How did I continue?”’ he told me then. ‘The more I discovered, the worse it got and I’d think to myself: “I can’t stop. This looks even worse than I thought.”’

Last month, another ignominious chapter has seemingly opened up in what Morgan’s family and their supporters regard as an epic ‘cover up’ that has managed to withstand five police investigations intact and without a single conviction. Priti Patel now stands accused by the family of interfering

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