High Court The judge in the case of the Duke of Sussex et al versus Associated Newspapers has warned the litigants to "adjust their expectations" of the "new and compelling evidence" on which their case is based. When he did so, and I read the details, it took me all Friday night and most of Saturday to work out why the name "Jonathan Rees" was jangling such a huge and noisy alarm bell in my mind. Now the penny has dropped, I can assure you that the judge is not exaggerating and this is why: Jonathan Rees was, is and always will be, the recurring non-convictable suspect in the murder of Daniel Morgan in the car-park of the Golden Lion Pub in Sydenham on the 10th of April 1987. This case involved corrupt relationships between former and serving officers of the Metropolitan Police Service and tabloid newspapers including the Sun and News of the World (both Murdoch titles) and others including the Daily Mirror. AFAIK, Associated Newspapers were the ONLY tablo
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