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

Scotland Yard admits failing to hand over documents to Daniel Morgan inquiry

New Scotland Yard sign
The Met said it had found 95 pages of documents in a locked and disused cabinet at its New Scotland Yard headquarters, which should have been handed over to the inquiry. Photograph: Kirsty O’Connor/PA

Dozens of documents that Scotland Yard should have handed over to an official inquiry into its corruption were instead left in a locked cabinet located on the same floor as its commissioner, the Guardian has learned.

The revelation relates to 95 pages of documents the force now accepts it should have given to the Daniel Morgan inquiry, investigating the unsolved murder of the private detective and the role corruption played in shielding his killers.

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