Who was Daniel Morgan and what happened to him?
Daniel Morgan was killed in 1987 (Picture: Rex/PA)  The death of private investigator Daniel Morgan more than three decades ago has come under the spotlight once again, following an independent report into the way the case was handled by the police. Morgan was killed in 1987 but nobody has ever been brought to justice in the case, despite five police inquiries and an inquest  with the report accusing Scotland Yard of a form of institutional corruption in the case. It said: The family of Daniel Morgan suffered grievously as a consequence of the failure to bring his family to justice, the unwarranted assurances which they were given, the misinformation which was put into the public domain, and the denial of failings in investigation, including failing to acknowledge professional competence, individuals venal behaviour, and managerial and organisational failures. The Metropolitan Police also repeatedly failed to take a fresh, thorough and critical look at past failings. Metropolitan Commissioner Cressida Dick has since apologised for the failings, saying it is a matter of great regret that no one has been brought to justice  and admitted the mistakes compounded the pain suffered by Daniels family. Daniel Morgan, who was 37 at the time of his death, was a private investigator from south London. The father-of-two  he had a son, Daniel and a daughter, Sarah, from his marriage to wife Iris  worked for a company called Southern Investigations, which he had set up with his business partner Jonathan Rees. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video  On the night of his death Morgan met with Rees for a drink in the Golden Lion pub in Sydenham, south London. They both left at 9pm  but Morgan was found dead in the car park of the pub 40 minutes later. His body was found with an axe embedded in his head, having been struck four or five times with the weapon. Morgans body was found outside the Golden Lion pub in Sydenham (Picture: Rex Shutterstock)  A watch had been stolen from Morgan, along with notes he had been seen writing earlier, although his wallet was left untouched. Six people  including Rees  were arrested on suspicion of murder a month later, but were all released without charge. The six also included Rees brothers-in-law Glenn and Garry Vian, and Met Officer Sid Fillery, who knew Rees and had previously moonlighted for the agency. Fillery was originally assigned to investigate the case but was removed from the investigation several days later. Fillery later joined Southern Investigations after being discharged from the force on medical grounds. The inquest into Morgans death later returned a verdict of unlawful killing, and heard claims that Rees had told the company accountant he planned to arrange for friends in the police to kill Morgan  allegations he denied. It was also alleged that Morgan had been about to sell a story about police corruption to a newspaper. His family having said they suspected this may have been one of the factors which led to his death, although this will never been known either way. Hampshire Police later took over the investigation and once again arrested Rees  who along with another man was charged with the murder. However the charges were dropped due to lack of evidence. Cressida Dick has apologised for failings in the investigation (Picture: PA)  Five police investigations into the case took place between 1988 and 2006, each of which failed to secure a conviction for the murder. The final investigation saw the tabloid The News Of The World become embroiled in the case  after journalists from the paper were caught conducting a surveillance operation against Detective Chief Superintendent David Cook  who was leading the investigation  and his family. This happened after he launched a new appeal for information into the case on the BBCs Crimewatch  leading to him and his wife Jacqui Hames, who was a presenter on the show at the time, receiving anonymous death threats. Although the paper claimed it was investigating allegations Hames and Cook were having an affair, Hames later admitted she never believed this, since the couple had already been married for years. That investigation also saw four people  including Rees, Glenn and Garry Vian, as well as builder James Cook  were arrested in 2008 following this final investigation. However the public prosecutor dropped the case in 2011 due to a lack of evidence. Rees and the Vian brothers later won a case against the Met Police for malicious arrest in 2019, being awarded 400,000 in damages. MORE : Man who broke police officers finger ordered to take anger management course  Follow Metro across our social channels, on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram  Share your views in the comments below