'This is one of the most devastating episodes in the history of Metropolitan Police' Priti Patel describes the report into Daniel Morgan's murder as 'deeply alarming' and says 'corrupt behaviour' has 'irreparably damaged' chances successful prosecution
A long-awaited report into the axe murder of a private detective has said the Metropolitan Police should apologise to his family after accusing the force of a"form of institutional corruption" in the way it handled multiple failed investigations.in a pub car park in 1987 found"multiple very significant failings" during the initial Met Police investigation.
The panel said Mr Morgan's family have"suffered grievously" because his killers have never been brought to justice, and the Met Police had failed"to acknowledge its many failings over the 34 years since the murder"."Concealing or denying failings for the sake of the organisation's public image is dishonesty on the part of the organisation for reputational benefit and constitutes a form of institutional corruption," the panel said.
"In failing to acknowledge its many failings over the 34 years since the murder of Daniel Morgan, the Metropolitan Police's first objective was to protect itself. In doing so, it compounded the suffering and trauma of the family." Despite five police inquiries and an inquest, no one has ever been brought to justice for killing the father-of-two.
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