As expected, the report into the Daniel Morgan murder, whose publication has been scandalously delayed by the Home Secretary until today, does not establish the name of a guilty party. As was evident from last year's Channel 4 documentary too many key witnesses, including one likely suspect, have died. However, it does reveal wholesale corruption in the Metropolitan Police and, going right to the top, cover-ups and obstruction of justice and of the legitimate concerns of the grieving family. There is a Channel 4 News report.
Not covered by the TV report, but a factor in the Morgan execution or at least its cover-up, is the involvement of the Murdoch press. Several News International reporters employed Southern Investigations, in which Daniel Morgan was a partner, for information some of which was obtained by illicit means. It will be interesting to see what the full panel report has to say about this aspect.
In that same Channel 4 News broadcast earlier tonight was the revelation that the Met. has done nothing to aid the bringing to justice of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. This was in spite of the facts that several of the complainants of abuse by Epstein and his clients were British, and that one of the American witnesses states that she was brought over to England while still a minor for the purposes of sex. Epstein flew his private jet to the UK around five times a year for the decade in which he was most active. He was clearly of the opinion that he had nothing to fear from the police in London.
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