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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent

Daniel Morgan murder: Met anti-corruption measures ‘dire’, damning report finds

Daniel Morgan.
No one has been convicted of the murder of Daniel Morgan, a private detective found dead in 1987 in a London pub car park with an axe in his head. Photograph: Metropolitan Police/PA

Measures taken by the Metropolitan police to tackle corruption are “fundamentally flawed” and “dire”, with continued failings down to arrogance, secrecy and lethargy, a devastating independent report has said.

The report from Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services was ordered after an independent panel criticised the Met for failings over the Daniel Morgan murder, where corruption hampered the hunt for the killers of the private detective.

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