Daniel Morgan: Met Police chief apologises for failings in murdered private detective investigation

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Tuesday, 15 June 2021 17:31

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick has apologised for the force's failings over the case of murdered private detective Daniel Morgan.

Dame Cressida said it is a "matter of great regret that no one has been brought to justice and that our mistakes have compounded the pain suffered by Daniel's family".

A long-awaited report by an independent panel into the axe murder of Mr Morgan in 1987 has accused the Metropolitan Police of "a form of institutional corruption" and found "multiple very significant failings" during its initial investigation.

Conservative former prime minister Theresa May, who established the panel when she was home secretary, told Sky News: "This is a very hard-hitting report, it's a damning report.

"It reveals sadly significant corruption in the Metropolitan Police that took place around the investigation into Daniel Morgan's killer.

"My thoughts are with Daniel Morgan's family today because this has been a 34-year battle for them to find some sense of understanding about what happened around the killing of their brother."

Mrs May described the commissioner as "an extraordinarily able police officer... who will want to ensure the Metropolitan Police have taken the steps necessary to make sure they are able to deal with corruption in the force".

The ex-PM said the "vast majority" of officers act with integrity, adding: "Where corruption does occur it must be rooted out with vigour, unlike what happened through this episode of finding the killer of Daniel Morgan."

Sky News