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The campaign for justice has faced denials and corruption. The commissioner must translate the force’s contrition into action, says Raju Bhatt, the solicitor for Daniel Morgan’s family

Scotland Yard apology and payment of damages averts prospect of hugely embarrassing civil trial

The 37-year-old was killed with an axe in the car park of a pub in Sydenham, south-east London, in March 1987. His attacker has never been caught.

London’s Metropolitan Police has apologized to the family of private investigator Daniel Morgan, who was killed with an ax 36 years ago in a pub's car park

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Private investigator Mr Morgan was killed with an axe in the car park of the Golden Lion pub in Sydenham, south-east London, in 1987.

Met commissioner Sir Mark Rowley ‘unequivocally and unreservedly’ apologises for failures

Commissioner admits liability for a ‘cycle of corruption and incompetence’ that mired investigations into Morgan’s 1987 axe killing

Force had faced being sued over 1987 axe killing, with corruption and errors blamed for failure to convict perpetrators

The UK’s largest police force agreed to pay the sum after admitting the original murder investigation was mired in corruption, The Times reported.

GOING to university can be life-enhancing — but it depends on the institution. Now the Government is to limit numbers at universities and colleges where too few students complete their course or obtain skilled or well-paying jobs within 15 months of graduation. In a year when many university lecturers have…