Family of Stephen Port’s youngest victim criticise ‘shoddy’ police probe
Kent chef Daniel Whitworth, 21, was the third young man to be given a fatal dose of GHB by sexual predator Port during a 16-month killing spree.
Kent chef Daniel Whitworth, 21, was the third young man to be given a fatal dose of GHB by sexual predator Port during a 16-month killing spree.
Daniel Whitworth was the third young man to be given a fatal dose of GHB by sexual predator Port during a 16-month killing spree.
Sean Wilson, deputy borough commander in 2014, also apologised for comments he made about Stephen Port’s victims.
Jurors on Friday heard of the serial killer’s attempt to distance himself from the murders.
Ryan Edwards said he had suspicions about his friend and neighbour, who surrounded himself with young males and kept drugs at home.
The inquests into Stephen Port’s four victims heard evidence from a former friend who was worried about his interest in boys and his drug use.
Over 16 months, Stephen Port gave four young gay men fatal doses of the drug GHB and dumped their bodies near his flat in Barking, east London.
Chief Superintendent Andy Ewing was Barking and Dagenham Borough Commander when Anthony Walgate was killed in June 2014.
Anthony Walgate was found dead outside Stephen Port’s flat in Barking, east London, in 2014.
Anthony Walgate was found dead outside Stephen Port’s flat in Barking, east London, in 2014.
Senior Crown Prosecutor Andrew Held was asked to advise on charging Stephen Port, an inquest heard.
The officer said he wishes he had ‘pushed harder’ to get specialist murder detectives to take over the case.
Temporary Superintendent Mike Hamer told colleagues he wanted the more senior MIT (murder investigation team) to take on the ‘complex’ case.
DS Martin O’Donnell made the admission on the tenth day of hearings at Barking Town Hall into the deaths of four young, gay men.
Detective Sergeant Martin O’Donnell did not share intelligence about the serial killer’s past, or search the police database, an inquest heard.