Peter Jukes (a.k.a. Brit) has struck gold again — his exclusive Byline interview of former News of the World Editor Greg Miskiw has blown the Daniel Morgan murder case wide open. Miskiw’s account suggests that the Murdoch tabloid was intimately involved in the subversion of the investigation. And they had motive - the prime suspects were themselves on the Murdoch payroll. Here is Jukes reporting for Independent Australia:
Back in June 2002, when the fourth investigation into the murder of private investigator, Daniel Morgan, was announced, the News of the World began following, photographing, hacking, and obtaining personal information on the chief investigating officer, Detective Chief Superintendent Dave Cook, and his wife Jacqui Hames.
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The subversion of the Morgan murder inquiry began two days before Cook's appearance on BBC's Crimewatch when Sid Fillery, a former police officer and a suspect in the conspiracy, phoned Alex Marunchak, an executive editor of News of the World, with information about the new murder inquiry team.
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Miskiw says he knew Marunchak
"had a close relationship with a private detective agency Southern Investigations who performed his dark arts".
He says he met Rees and Fillery "several times" but "always at the behest of Alex and always in his company."
Miskiw continues:
I knew Rees had been a suspect in the murder of his former partner at Southern, Daniel Morgan, who was found in a pub car park with an axe in his head in 1987.
It was suggested he was killed because he was about to expose corruption in The Met. police south of the river.
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Marunchak, who at the time of the murder was the News of the World Crime Editor, claimed he had never even heard of Daniel Morgan before he was killed. However...
This contradicts the evidence of Bryan Madagan – a former employer of both Rees and Morgan – who claims the murdered private detective was in contact with Marunchak trying to sell him the story of police corruption only weeks before he was killed.
Soon after, Marunchak developed a close financial relationship with Rees and Fillery. A former book keeper, Marjorie Williams, claims thousands of pounds per month were channeled from News of the World to Southern Investigations in small cash payments within weeks of the murder.
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The entire article is a must-read. It’s hard to see how the Murdoch Dark Arts Empire can squirm out of this one. According to the Independent, Jukes is calling for a full investigation by the Metropolitan Police. Thank you, Brit.
And thanks, Greg Miskiw, for shedding some much needed light on this as yet unsolved crime.