The settlement includes an admission of liability over officers' response to the father-of-two's murder. Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley apologised 'unequivocally and unreservedly' for failing to bring the killers to justice
The Metropolitan Police have apologised and agreed a settlement with the family of Daniel Morgan - the private investigator killed with an axe in a pub car park in 1987.
The settlement includes an admission of liability over officers' response to the father-of-two's murder. Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley apologised"unequivocally and unreservedly" for failing to bring the killers to justice and said the family had been"repeatedly and inexcusably let down". It was rumoured Mr Morgan was about to expose police corruption when he was found with an axe in his head in Sydenham, southeast London.Sir Mark said:"This case has been marred by a cycle of corruption, professional incompetence, and defensiveness that has repeated itself over and over again.
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