There have been five police investigations and an inquest into the death of Daniel Morgan – but no one has ever been brought to justice over the private investigator’s killing in 1987.
The Metropolitan police have previously admitted the initial inquiry into the unsolved case was blighted by police corruption.
Here is a timeline of key dates:
10 March 1987
Morgan is murdered with an axe in the car park of the Golden Lion pub in Sydenham, south-east London.
April 1988
An inquest into his death records a verdict of unlawful killing.
June 1988
Hampshire police begin investigating the murder and the Met’s handling of the case.
February 1989
Morgan’s business partner Jonathan Rees and his associate Paul Goodridge are charged with murder and Goodridge’s girlfriend Jean Wisden is charged with perverting the course of justice.
May 1989
The case is dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service. Goodridge later sues Hampshire constabulary.
1997
A new investigation is opened into Morgan’s death, but…
