Police watchdog to reinvestigate Met over handling of Stephen Port victims
The IOPC announced its decision following the damning findings of an inquest jury last December.
UK News|Jun 23, 2022
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Nightclub needle attacks puzzle European authorities
Incidents have taken place in clubs and at concerts across France.
World News|Jun 2, 2022
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Venues with bad track record on spiking ‘must improve to have licence renewed’
Spiking will remain an ‘invisible crime’ unless action is taken to improve awareness, the Home Affairs Committee has warned in a new report.
UK News|Apr 25, 2022
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Not enough evidence to decide cause of estate agent’s death – coroner
Chelsie Dack had accused her ex-boyfriend, who she saw on the night of her death, of spiking her drink.
UK News|Mar 16, 2022
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Coroner’s report identifies ‘basic investigative failings’ in Stephen Port probe
Sarah Munro QC published her findings following inquests into the deaths of Anthony Walgate, Gabriel Kovari, Daniel Whitworth and Jack Taylor.
UK News|Jan 25, 2022
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MPs demand inquiry into ‘institutional homophobia’ at Met after Port probe
In a letter, 18 MPs said a lack of resources could not explain ‘the sheer number of failures’ by officers investigating the serial killer’s victims.
UK News|Dec 11, 2021
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‘Fundamental failures’ by police cost lives in Stephen Port probe, inquest finds
The Metropolitan Police has apologised but rejected claims from the victims’ families that homophobia played a part.
UK News|Dec 10, 2021
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Victim’s boyfriend ‘treated differently by police because he was gay’
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UK News|Dec 10, 2021
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Stephen Port victims – what happened in each case?
The cases were only linked by chance some 16 months after the serial killer first struck.
UK News|Dec 10, 2021
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Stephen Port – the quiet, porn-obsessed loner who turned into a serial killer
The 46-year-old killed four young, gay men after contacting them on gay-chat websites such as Grindr.
UK News|Dec 10, 2021
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Police mistakes ‘probably’ contributed to Port victims’ deaths, inquest finds
Officers refused to link the cases, despite concerns of victims’ family and friends.
UK News|Dec 10, 2021
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Inquests to conclude whether police failings contributed to Port victim deaths
The four young, gay men were drugged and killed by date-rape predator Stephen Port between 2014 and 2015.
UK News|Dec 10, 2021
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Homophobia issue ruled out in Stephen Port victims’ inquests
Port, 46, was jailed for murdering four young gay men over 16 months.
UK News|Dec 2, 2021
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Police did not meet standards expected in serial killer probe – senior officer
Deputy Assistant Commissioner Stuart Cundy led the review of the investigations into the deaths of four young gay men killed by Stephen Port.
UK News|Nov 19, 2021
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Stephen Port murder inquiries ‘took back seat due to workload’, inquest told
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’.
UK News|Nov 18, 2021
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