Murder in the Car Park viewers want justice for Daniel Morgan’s family

Daniel Morgan
Daniel Morgan

source: Metro News
published: 29 June 2020

Murder in the Car Park viewers want justice for Daniel Morgan after his brutal death remains unsolved. Daniel was killed in 1987 in an axe attack in a south London pub car park, just three years after he had set up his own detective agency. There were no witnesses to his death.

Channel 4’s three-part docuseries tells the story of Morgan’s murder which, despite five criminal investigations and costing £30mil, still remains unexplained 33 years later.

Based on thousands of pages of documents, court testimony and often contradictory interviews, ‘Murder In The Car Park’ uses dramatic reconstruction, archive footage, and detailed interviews from many of the key people involved.

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Anthony Grainger killing: ‘words will never be enough to save lives’

Anthony Grainger
Anthony Grainger

source: Socialist Worker
published: 20 May 2020

The government claims that lessons have been learned almost a year after an inquiry said police were to blame for the killing of Anthony Grainger. But the police responsible are still not facing trial.

A government response said “good progress” was being made on the recommendations of a public inquiry into Anthony’s death that ended in July last year.

The inquiry found that incompetent and misleading senior police were entirely to blame for the killing of Anthony by armed cops in 2012.

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Lessons learnt after fatal shooting of Anthony Grainger, report finds

Anthony Grainger
Anthony Grainger

source: The Bolton News
published: 19 May 2020

Lessons have been learned after a public inquiry found Greater Manchester Police (GMP) was to blame for a fatal shooting of a dad-of-two, according to a Government report.

GMP Chief Constable Ian Hopkins apologised to the family of Anthony Grainger, from Bolton, last year after an inquiry found that his death, in a car park in Culcheth, Warrington, in March 2012, exposed “serious deficiencies” by senior officers.

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