{"id":25711,"date":"2023-07-19T02:53:50","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T06:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=25711"},"modified":"2023-07-19T02:54:23","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T06:54:23","slug":"met-police-apologise-over-daniel-morgan-murder-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2023\/07\/19\/met-police-apologise-over-daniel-morgan-murder-probe\/","title":{"rendered":"Met Police apologise over Daniel Morgan murder probe"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Met Police has apologised to the family of private detective Daniel Morgan, who was murdered in 1987.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The force has reached a settlement and admitted liability for failings in its investigation of his death.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said Mr Morgan’s loved ones had been “repeatedly and inexcusably let down” by the force since inquiries began.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He added the case had been “marred by a cycle of corruption, professional incompetence, and defensiveness”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The family were given “empty promises and false hope” as\u00a0five investigations failed<\/a>\u00a0and as the force “prioritised its reputation at the expense of transparency and effectiveness,” Sir Mark said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Morgan was found with an axe in his head in the car park of a pub in Sydenham, south-east London.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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No-one has been convicted over the father-of-two’s killing, since which there have been five inquiries and an inquest, at an estimated cost of more than \u00a340m.<\/p>\n

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An independent panel found in 2021 that the Met repeatedly covered up its failings to protect its reputation and was “institutionally corrupt<\/a>.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The panel, led by Baroness O’Loan, said this meant it was unlikely anyone would be brought to justice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The commissioner’s statement on the settlement said that “no words can do justice to the pain and suffering that has been a feature of the family’s lives for more than three decades, as they have fought for justice”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“A fight which no family should have to endure. Their tenacious campaigning has exposed multiple and systemic failings in this organisation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“I have met with the family and listened to vivid and moving accounts of the devastating impact those failings have had on their lives.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“They have explained how their trust in policing has been eroded. The personal commitment I made to tackling corruption in this organisation when I took over as commissioner has never been stronger.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The family and the police said they would not disclose the terms of the agreement.<\/p>\n

Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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