THE brother of a murdered Cwmbran private eye is set to challenge a Home Office refusal to hold a judicial inquiry into the death.

Daniel Morgan was found dead with an axe in his head in the car park of a south London pub 17 years ago.

Despite four inquiries and three internal reviews over his death, no-one has ever been convicted of the killing.

The private eye's brother, Alistair Morgan, is now preparing to issue proceedings with a district court judge to challenge a Home Office decision given in June which ruled out a judicial inquiry.

Mr Morgan told the Argus: "The Home Office know absolutely nothing about this case but they turned down our call for a judicial inquiry without meeting us.

"We feel they are not taking this as seriously as they should be and I have found that frustrating."

Mr Morgan said that despite a number of allegations surrounding his brother's death and the investigations into it: "We still have no answers." He said his solicitors had until September 10 to issue proceedings in the district court to challenge the Home Office ruling.

Mr Morgan said a website at www.justice4daniel.co.uk was being set up to cover the case and would be up and running by the end of next week. Mr Morgan said a book about the Metropolitan Police to be published on September 30 would also cover Daniel Morgan's murder investigation in four chapters.

The case is also to get further media coverage in an HTV documentary into the death that will be shown during the first week of October.

Home Office Minister Caroline Flint said in June the government view was that a judicial inquiry would not have a "realistic prospect of uncovering new evidence".