Duncan Campbell, celebrated Guardian crime reporter, dies aged 80

Tributes paid to ‘courageous’ journalist who covered police corruption, Rosemary West trial and Hatton Garden heist

Duncan Campbell, the celebrated Guardian crime reporter, writer and broadcaster whose work highlighted corruption, the shortcomings in the justice system and miscarriages of justice, has died at the age of 80.

Campbell was one of the most respected crime correspondents of his generation, fearlessly pursuing police corruption and reporting on some of the most iconic criminal cases of recent decades, including the Rosemary West trial and the Hatton Garden heist.