The families of three men who were killed by Stephen Port have received compensation from the Metropolitan Police over investigatory “failings”.
On 29 August, the force said it had settled claims with the relatives of Anthony Walgate, Gabriel Kovari and the partner of Daniel Whitworth.
From June 2014 to September 2015, Port murdered at least four men – Walgate, 23, Kovari, 22, Whitworth, 21, and Jack Taylor, 25 – before being arrested on 15 October 2015.
The following year, he received a life sentence with a whole life order, meaning he will die behind bars. Port met his victims online (including the gay dating app Grindr) before leading them to his home in Barking, London where they were given lethal doses of a date rape drug and raped.