On the 10th of March 1987, the private detective Daniel Morgan was found murdered with an

axe to the head in a pub car park in South London.

He was a co-director of southern investigations where he and his business partner Jonathan

Reese made a living passing on stories to Fleet Street.

And despite the brutal and deeply distressing circumstances of his death, five police

investigations and numerous charges against suspects, no one has ever been convicted

of Daniel's murder.

The Metropolitan Police have admitted that the first investigation into Daniel's murder

was mired in corruption.

And in a very bizarre turn of events, one of the senior investigating officers was arrested

on suspicion of involvement only to be freed and to replace Daniel Morgan as co-director

of southern investigations.

And what's more, connections between southern investigations and murder-owned media have

come under intense scrutiny.

So this was Daniel Morgan's business partner and one time suspect Jonathan Reese.

He went on to carry out a lot of work for the news of the world, supplying illegally obtained

information about people in the public eye.

He was paid £150,000 a year to do so.

So according to the by-line times, southern investigations became a one-stop shop for

the dark arts of the press after Daniel's murder, including computer hacking, surveillance,

bugs, bribe and cops for information and perloining classified documents.

Dave Cook was another senior investigating officer on the case.

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