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Daniel Morgan was a private investigator brutally murdered in Sydenham, south east London, in March 1987. He was said to have been close to exposing important police corruption. His death was the subject of several failed police inquiries and in 2011 is at the centre of allegations concerning the suspect conduct of News of the World journalists. Morgan’s unsolved murder has been described as a reminder of the old London police culture of corruption and unaccountability.
On March 10, 1987 after having a drink with Jonathan Rees, his partner in Southern Investigations, at the Golden Lion pub in Sydenham, Morgan was found dead in the pub car park next to his car, with an axe wound to the back of his head. Morgan was alleged to have been investigating drug-related police corruption in south London before his death.
Detective Sergeant Sid Fillery, stationed at Catford police station, was assigned to the case but did not reveal to superiors that he had been moonlighting for Southern Investigations.
"But I will not let myself be reduced to silence."
