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Bark & Co Solicitors London News 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).

Mr Glen Vian, represented by

Bark & Co, was acquitted in

March 2011.

Fred Bunn has been instructed by

Glenn Vian since the mid-2008. Not guilty

verdicts were entered against MrVian 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. 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 Organized Crime

& Police Act (SOCPA) agreements. 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

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. The defense 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 defense team, based on a document found in the

unused material by a solicitor of this firm.

When entering not guilty verdicts, the trial Judge

said:-

“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 defense 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”.

Our client comments:

“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.

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.

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.

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 Fred Bunn

Glenn Vian”