Scotland Yard cops hope this summer to charge the men they believe murdered private investigator
Daniel Morgan.
He was found 20 years ago, on March 10, 1987, in a pool of blood in the car park of the Golden Lion
pub, south London. He had a cheap, Chinese-made Diamond brand axe stuck in his head. Nobody has ever
been convicted of killing the 37-year-old Welshman, who was brought up in the Monmouthshire village
of Llanfrechfa.
But Detective Chief Superintendent Dave Cook - who was behind the arrest of three men last year and
has been investigating the case for the last five - is hopeful the investigation could finally be
coming to an end.
He said: “I’m getting a report of all the evidence together for the end of May to determine if we
have got enough to charge without doing any further interviews, so we will know about the middle of
July what is going to happen.
"Nothing has changed for the last five years. I’m not adding any new people. I’ve got the same ones
in my sights. It is just a case of gathering evidence. It’s just a matter of time.”
It is believed Mr Morgan was butchered because he was about to expose crooked cops involved in a
plot to flood Britain with cocaine.
This is the fifth inquiry into Mr Morgan’s death.
Mr Morgan’s 78-year-old mum Isobel Hulsman, who lives in Hay-on-Wye, said: “I’ve more faith in this
investigation than any previous. We have not had closure and that is so important.”
