Daniel Morgan

The murder of Daniel Morgan sent seismic ripples through the Metropolitan Police Service and the case rumbles on today.

There have been reviews and arrests, aborted trials and complaints made about the investigation all to no apparent avail and we are no further forward in relation to who murdered Daniel and why.

The general theory suggests that he was about to expose police corruption within the Met and that he had information that linked senior detectives with a well known criminal syndicate. It is believed he was murdered to prevent him acting upon the information he held.

His business partner and replacement at the detective agency he worked for, were heavily linked to the News of the World phone hacking scandal.

The Crimewatch reconstruction suggests that Morgan was something of a show off and took a great deal of pleasure in enforcing court orders and warrants that caused distress to those it affected. An example shown in the reconstruction is a case where he assists in the removal of a young girl from her father.

Was it the case that bent coppers involved in the investigation attempted to use this as a smoke screen and provide a motive for Daniel's murder in an effort to remove suspicion from the subsequent claims of police corruption?

It is unlikely we will ever know.