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Serial killer Stephen Port guilty of murdering four men

Stephen Port has been found guilty of the murders of Jack Taylor, Daniel Whitworth, Gabriel Kovari and Anthony Walgate.

The 41-year-old chef stalked his victims on gay dating apps including Grindr and plied them with fatal amounts of date-rape drugs so he could attack them.

The jury convicted Port of a total of 22 offences against 11 men, including the four murders, four rapes, 10 counts of administering a substance, and four sex assaults. He was cleared on three counts of rape.

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Murder victim's family hit out at police investigation

Jack Taylor's mum Jeanette and sisters Jenny (left) and Donna (right) outside the Old Bailey. Credit: PA

The family of Stephen Port's last murder victim said that their loved one would be alive today if police had "done their job".

Jack Taylor's death was at first dismissed as "just another drug overdose", his mother and sisters said in a statement outside court after Port's conviction.

Mr Taylor, 25, was found dead near found dead near Barking Abbey graveyard on September 14 2015, in almost identical circumstances to Port's other victims.

Outside court, his mother Jeanette and sisters Jenny and Donna said in a statement: "We do believe Jack would still be here if they had done their job."

They said they "definitely" plan to sue the Metropolitan Police adding it should "be held accountable for Jack's death".

Jack Taylor's death was first dismissed as a drug overdose, his family claim. Credit: Family handout

We do understand it's not [the police] who took Jack's life but Stephen Port would have been stopped.

We obviously think as a family - the other drug overdoses including Jack's - we felt from the beginning with Jack it was seen as just another one and it was not taken seriously.

If it had been a woman, then more would have been done. We had to fight from the beginning. We kept pushing for an investigation.

– Family of Jack Taylor
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