3 April (Part 3) - Untold police corruption
So there I was minding my own business at about 9:30 last Sunday evening when
the phone rang more than once, the mobile bleeped and later on I saw that the email had not
been left out of the excitement. People were anxious to tell me to watch Line of
Duty on BBC 1 because it had just referenced the Daniel Morgan murder and the Podcasts
about it made a few years ago.
I wasn’t watching because I have no licence and have not watched TV since
last July however I was shown a recording during the week. Not knowing the LoD story
I was not at all sure who the crooks were or whether they all were. After 20
minutes my blood was boiling and I didn’t want to watch any more. Unknown to me
at the time, Daniel’s brother Alastair also had to use Catch Up and reacted in
the same way I did. Off his TV went. If you absolutely know that the police are
corrupt, seeing it played out as entertainment is not good for one’s health.
Maybe I should remind anyone new around here that Daniel Morgan was a private
investigator murdered with police involvement in 1987 for, so the theory goes,
an intention to shop their corrupt activities to the newspapers. Daniel would
have been a somewhat distant relation if he had lived.
Correspondents expect me to know everything about the case and the investigation
authorised by Home Secretary Theresa May eight years ago. I don’t know
everything and
I am not going to reveal anything that isn’t in the public domain. What I can
say is that the Daniel Morgan Panel will soon make its report public a mere seven years late.
Some of the questions…
How come the case became part of the Line of Duty plotline? A fairly easy one to
answer. The police adviser to the BBC series was the senior officer who conducted one
of the Met’s five failed investigations into the murder.
Do I know exactly when the Panel’s report will be published? A diplomatic No Comment is
required. Do I know if Cressida Dick will survive? I can only guess she will
be no more than a minor player because trying to derail the Panel’s progress more than once
and keeping people under prolonged arrest in an attempt to deprive the Panel of evidence is not in
the same ball park as protecting the associates of axe murderers. For that the
Panel will hopefully have looked back further in time.
Will the suicide of a decent copper be revealed as another murder as suggested
in one of the Untold Murder Podcasts? I hope so.
Will the police force which reviewed the Met Police’s failed investigations and
cleared them of all wrong doing be revealed to be a sham? I would think that is a near certainty.
If you remain doubtful about the depths of corruption within the Metropolitan
Police you really should check out the Podcasts.
Closing moments of the penultimate Podcast of Series 1.
For the record I have not discussed the murder of his brother with Alastair for more than a year. All too sensitive and he is under enough stress already. The above is all public domain stuff.