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Serial killer Stephen Port found guilty of four murders

A serial killer has been found guilty of the murders of four men he met on gay dating apps including Grindr.

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Police investigating 'failures' over catching serial killer

Victims (top left to bottom right) Daniel Whitworth, 21, Jack Taylor, 25, Anthony Walgate, 23, and Gabriel Kovari, 22, Credit: Met Police/Family Handout

Seventeen police officers are facing investigation for possible misconduct over failures in catching serial killer Stephen Port.

Scotland Yard admitted "potential opportunities" were missed and investigators failed to see "striking similarities" between the deaths of Port's four victims.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is investigating whether homophobia played a part in the errors.

The family of Jack Taylor, the fourth man to die at Port's hands, plan to sue Scotland Yard and say the killer would not have been stopped if they had not fought for a full investigation.

It's not appropriate to pre-empt what the IPCC may or may not find from their investigation at this point in time but, rest assured, we're not sitting here waiting for those findings to come through. That's why we've already taken action in areas where we know we could have done better.

I can't sit here and say categorically that lives could have been saved or other victims protected. All I can say is from the evidence we've heard at trial there were potential opportunities that were missed. The IPCC investigation will carefully consider those.

– Commander Stuart Cundy, Met's Specialist Crime and Operations Command

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Serial killer guilty of three murders

Stephen Port was convicted at the Old Bailey

A serial killer has been found guilty of the murders of three men he met on gay dating app Grindr.

Stephen Port, 41, was convicted at the Old Bailey of killing Jack Taylor, Daniel Whitworth and Gabriel Kovari.

Daniel Whitworth came from Gravesend. He was 21 and a trainee chef. His body was found in a church graveyard in East London two years ago.

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