Murdered private detective 'hated' the ex-business partner suspected of conspiring with a police officer to kill him, claims new documentary exploring the Met Police's most- investigated unsolved case
A private detective who was murdered with an axe 'hated' the ex-business partner suspected of conspiring with a Met police officer to murder him, claimed his brother.
Father-of-two Daniel Morgan was found with an axe embedded in his face in the carpark of the Golden Lion pub, in Sydenham, South London in 1987.
Morgan’s business partner, Jonathan Rees, Rees' former brothers-in-law Glenn and Garry Vian, came under investigation following the shocking murder - while Met police officer Sid Fillery was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in a public office.
However allegations against the suspects were dropped due to a lack of evidence and the case remains unsolved over the span of three decades, even after £30,000,000 spent on the investigation, the most investigated unsolved murder in the history of the Metropolitan Police
Daniel's brother Alastair Morgan has campaigned for years to find out the truth behind the murder of his brother and appeared in new Channel 4 documentary Murder in the Carpark, along with former suspects Rees and Glenn and Garry Vian.
Father-of-two Daniel Morgan (pictured) was found with an axe embedded in his face in the carpark of the Golden Lion pub, in Sydenham,South London in 1987
Morgan’s business partner, Jonathan Rees came under investigation following the shocking murder but was released due to a lack of evidence
'Daniel had told me privately about his animosity towards Rees,' said Alastair. 'I could see things were in a bad way.'
There were no eye witnesses to the killing and the case against the three men hinged on the evidence of serious criminal, Gary Eaton, who claimed to have come on the scene shortly after Mr Morgan was attacked.
The case collapsed after it emerged that Eaton had been 'coached' by DCS Cook in his desperation to see the case solved.
A judge ruled in 2017 that DCS Cook had 'intended to pervert the course of justice' and was himself guilty of a serious crime.
Daniel's brother Alastair Morgan, pictured with their mother Isobel, has campaigned for years to find out the truth behind the murder of his brotherThe documentary offers conflicting first-hand accounts of the strained relationship between Morgan and Rees.
While Rees claimed the pair 'never' had a unpleasant relationship, employees of private investigations firm Southern Investigations doubted their friendship.
Yvonne Bartlett, an employee of almost three years claiming there was 'tension' between the pair and that John felt the business would thrive without the input of Daniel.
'The police wanted to know what the relationship was like between John Rees and Daniel Morgan, she said.
'I worked for Southern Investigations for three years. There was a tension, they were bit chalk and cheese really.
'John was more serious about the business and I felt he didn't think Daniel was an asset, and that it could grow and prosper more without him.'
Tension between Morgan and Rees heightened further over Southern Investigations' contract with Charlton's local Belmont car auction.
The firm were responsible for depositing their takings and in early 1987, Rees claimed to have been robbed of £18,000. However, Daniel doubted any such robbery ever took place.
The documentary went on to investigate the arrest of Detective Sergeant Fillery, a friend of Rees' - who Eaton had later alleged would replace Daniel at Southern Investigations.
Fellow officers grew suspicious of him after the officer failed to disclose in his friend Rees' original statement that he was also in the pub with Morgan the night he was murdered.
Fillery said in the documentary there were no 'deliberate emissions' from the statement he took from Rees.
'When I found out Sid Fillery had been arrested', said Alastair, 'it was like a bombshell. To arrest a member of the team investigating the murder, it’s probably unprecedented.'
Officer Malcolm Davidson added: 'Sid Fillery is not mentioning Sid Fillery in the statement because Sid fillery is taking the statement, and he does not want to put himself in the statement.
'That would have been important to us, to know the identity of everyone at the pub the night before.'
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