No one truly knows exactly when Daniel Morgan (circa 1736–1802) was born. He may have been born in 1736, or possibly 1735. What is indisputable is that Morgan was born just in time for one of the world’s great revolutions. Morgan was born to Welsh immigrants in New Jersey. Though he hardly ever spoke of…

The former Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Dame Cressida Dick, may have breached the standards of professional behaviour in regards to murdered private investigator Daniel Morgan, a review by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has found. The murder of Morgan—who was killed with an axe in the car park of the Golden Lion…

London’s Metropolitan Police has failed to learn all the lessons from the unsolved murder of Daniel Morgan in 1987, and the force’s anti-corruption arrangements and procedures are “fundamentally flawed,” a police watchdog has found. Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) on Tuesday published its inspection report (pdf) of the Met, concluding the…

The family of a private investigator whose murder 34 years ago remains unsolved are preparing to take legal action against the Metropolitan Police over the case. Daniel Morgan was killed with an axe in the car park of the Golden Lion pub in Sydenham, southeast London, on March 10, 1987. In June, an independent panel…

The Metropolitan Police has concealed its “serious failings” in the investigations into the murder of Daniel Morgan in 1987, and its first objective has been to “protect itself,” an independent panel has found. Morgan, a private investigator at Southern Investigations in Thornton Heath, was 37 years old when he was axed to death in a dark…