Sid Fillery, once a Metropolitan Police detective sergeant, was one of five men arrested yesterday in connection with the murder of Daniel Morgan

former Scotland Yard detective was being questioned last night on suspicion of involvement in the murder of a man whose brutal killing he investigated 21 years ago. Sid Fillery, once a Metropolitan Police detective sergeant, was one of five men arrested yesterday in connection with the murder of Daniel Morgan, a private detective, in March 1987. Morgan, 37, was found dead in the car park of the Golden Lion pub in Sydenham, southeast London, with an axe embedded in his head.
The failure to catch Morgan’s killers has dogged the Metropolitan Police ever since. Five murder inquiries have been conducted, giving rise to allegations of corruption within police ranks and claims of a cover-up. Mr Fillery, 61, was a close contact of the dead man’s business partner, Jonathon Rees, and one of a number of officers who moonlighted as security guards for Southern Investigations. A year after the murder he was discharged from the Met on medical grounds and took Morgan’s position as co-director of Southern Investigations. The agency was wound up in 2003 and Mr Fillery now lives in Norfolk, where he is involved in the management of a pub. Mr Rees, 53, was also arrested yesterday over the murder, along with three other men — James Cook, 53, Glenn Vian, 49, and Garry Vian, 47. All five men attended a Central London police station where they were being interviewed. In a related development, a serving Metropolitan Police officer was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in a public office. Scotland Yard said that his arrest was not connected with the murder but with more recent events linked to the suspects.
Detectives investigating the 21-year-old murder of a private detective who was about to expose police corruption have made six arrests.
Daniel Morgan, 37, was found in a pub car park in Sydenham, south London in 1987 with an axe embedded in his head. His family maintained he was killed by a professional hitman.Mr Morgan from Islington, north London, was discovered outside the Golden Lion pub on March 10, 1987. His £900 Rolex watch was missing but the £1,100 cash he was carrying was still in his pocket.It is believed he was about to expose a south London drugs network involving corrupt police officers when he was murdered.A re-investigation into his death by Scotland Yard was launched in 2006following pressure from the Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA).During that probe, a number of significant witnesses came forward, Scotland Yard said.
As a result, arrests were made. Three men, aged 53, 49 and 47, returned on bail to a central London police station. They had originally been arrested in 2006 on suspicion of murder.Two others, a 53-year-old and a 61-year-old man, appeared by appointment and were arrested on the same charge.
A 24-year-old serving Pc was also arrested at his place of work on suspicion of misconduct in a public office.Police said his arrest was not connected to the murder, but to recent events linked to the other five arrests. He is in custody at a central London police station and has been suspended from the force pending further investigations.

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