Police mistakes ‘probably’ contributed to Port victims’ deaths, inquest finds
Officers refused to link the cases, despite concerns of victims’ family and friends.
Officers refused to link the cases, despite concerns of victims’ family and friends.
The four young, gay men were drugged and killed by date-rape predator Stephen Port between 2014 and 2015.
Port, 46, was jailed for murdering four young gay men over 16 months.
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Anti-spiking posters have been put up in venues throughout Shrewsbury warning predators they face time behind bars.
Deputy Assistant Commissioner Stuart Cundy led the review of the investigations into the deaths of four young gay men killed by Stephen Port.
Detective Inspector Tony Kirk, who was the head of local policing in Barking, said officers were having to deal with ‘hundreds of crimes every day’.
The father of final victim Jack Taylor became emotional as he gave evidence.
Detective Sergeant Peter Sweetman said Jack Taylor – Port’s fourth and final victim – had the ‘stature and appearance’ of someone who might use drugs.
Drink-spiking predators have been warned they could face 10 years behind bars, as police and venues step up their crackdown.
Gabriel Kovari was found dead in St Margaret’s graveyard in Barking, east London.
Daniel Whitworth’s body was discovered in Barking, east London, in 2014 after he was given a fatal overdose of the drug GHB by Stephen Port.
John Pape was a friend of Gabriel Kovari, a Slovakian national given a fatal dose of the drug GHB by serial killer Stephen Port in 2014.
John Pape, a friend of murder victim Gabriel Kovari, said police routinely ignored his claims that the deaths might be linked.