DM-1 Response Accepted Self-assessed

Forensic analysis of Daniel Morgan's diary

Recommendation

The Panel has received advice from an independent forensic science expert it consulted, Dr Kathryn Mashiter that useful work could still be carried out on this document. It therefore recommends that the Metropolitan Police considers the operational benefits of submitting the diary for a forensic handwriting analysis in order to ascertain whether the entries were made by Daniel Morgan, as well as ESDA testing to ascertain if there is evidence of writing by someone other than Daniel Morgan.

Published Evidence Summary
The following publicly available evidence relates to this recommendation:
According to the Official government response (June 2023), the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) undertook additional forensic analysis of Daniel Morgan's diary, as tasked following the Panel's report. According to the Official government response (June 2023), the results of this analysis were communicated to Daniel Morgan's family.
How was this assessed?
Assessed by gemini-2.5-flash on 19 Mar 2026
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Jurisdiction
England
Section Reference
Volume 1
Response
Accepted
Accepted Metropolitan Police Service
22 Jun 2023

The MPS were tasked to undertake further work related to the investigation and provided outcomes in its response to the recommendations. This included conducting additional forensic analysis, the results of which have since been communicated to Daniel's family.

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Source
Inquiry Daniel Morgan Panel
Report The Report of the Daniel Morgan Independent Panel 15 Jun 2021
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Responsible Bodies
Metropolitan Police Service Primary
Themes & Tags
Police investigation management Forensic Evidence Investigation
Recommendation age 4.8 yrs
Last formal update 1006 days ago