The Metropolitan Police will investigate a potential link between the 1987 murder of Daniel Morgan and News of the World. Glenn Vian and other defendants were acquitted of Daniel Morgan's murder in 2011 after Bark & Co Solicitors mounted a vigorous defense that discredited prosecution witnesses. Vian praises Bark & Co for their excellent legal representation and investigation work that secured his acquittal.

1. Bark & Co Solicitors
Met Police review Daniel
Morgan murder over News of
the World link

2. Bark & Co has been instructed by Glenn
Vian since the mid-2008. Not guilty verdicts
were entered against Mr Vian and the
other defendants, following complex and
fiercely fought challenges to the Crown’s
case during protracted pre-trial legal
argument.

3. Met Police review Daniel Morgan murder
over News of the World link
It is reported that the Met Police will now
investigate a News of The World link concerning
the Daniel Morgan Murder (R v Vian & Others).
Details reported in the Guardian
Mr Glen Vian, represented by Bark & Co, was
acquitted in March 2011.

4. Bark & Co has been instructed by Glenn Vian since the
mid-2008. Not guilty verdicts were entered against Mr
Vian and the other defendants, following complex and
fiercely fought challenges to the Crown’s case during
protracted pre-trial legal argument. The initial
investigation into the murder of Daniel Morgan in 1987
was deeply flawed, and many compelling leads were not
pursued properly or, in some cases, at all. The level of
public resources expended in this most recent
investigation is simply breathtaking.

5. The Police bought the house next door to Mr Vian, in
order to conduct thousands of hours of intrusive covert
surveillance upon him and his family. They released
false stories to the press in an effort to trigger
incriminating conversations. When these efforts failed to
produce any cogent evidence, a case was built against
these defendants using “supergrass” witnesses, and
considerably flawed Serious Organised Crime & Police
Act (SOCPA) agreements.

6. It will come as no surprise to right thinking people to
learn that those of the worst character, facing many
years in custody for crimes including drug trafficking
and attempted murder, will say anything in order to
secure a massive reduction in their sentence and/or
substantial financial benefits. The position is very much
worse where, as in this case, a SOCPA witness is told
in advance what the case theory is, and simply has to
repeat it to gain his reward.

7. The defence has, in the course of pre-trial
legal arguments, been able to discredit the
Crown’s case so that, one by one, the
evidence of these witnesses has been
excluded by the trial Judge or abandoned by
the Crown. The recent legal arguments which
preceded the collapse of the case were led by
our defence team, based on a document
found in the unused material by a solicitor of
this firm.

8. When entering not guilty verdicts,
the trial Judge said:-

9. “the legal representatives for all of the defendants,
faced with a mammoth and most difficult task, have
responded magnificently to it. And the quality of the
written and oral submissions that I have received has,
taken overall, been of the highest quality. The industry
and the tenacity which has been shown by the defence
teams is to be commended and the defendants will
leave court knowing, if they did not know before,
though I think they must have known before, that they
have been very well served”.

10. Our client comments:

11. "My name is Glenn Vian. I have
recently been acquitted of murder at the
C.C.C. I have been very lucky as I was
represented by the best team of
solicitors you could possibly find Bark &
Co.

12. I cannot say enough about this firm,
other than look nowhere else. They are
the best. Their investigation team were
brilliant. Thanks to Eamon Harris and
Fred Bunn.

13. All of these Solicitors are top drawer:
Giles Bark-Jones, Jenny Boyden etc.
Giles has no problem obtaining the best
QCs because of Bark's reputation and
the team behind them. I was again
fortunate to get the best QC's David
Whitehouse QC and Ed Gritt QC,
absolutely brilliant men.

14. Which brings me to my solicitor Alison
Hill, her brilliant legal mind and
determination to uncover and get the
truth goes above and beyond. So a very
special thanks to Alison Hill and Eamon
Harris for giving me back the rest of my
life. God bless you all at Bark & Co.