Met Police to be re-investigated over handling of ‘Grindr killer’ Stephen Port
The Metropolitan Police will be reinvestigated by the police watchdog over the handling of serial killer Stephen Port. From June 2014 to September 2015, Port murdered at least four men – Anthony Walgate, 23, Gabriel Kovari, 22, Daniel 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 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.
In 2021, BBC One released Four Loves, a three-episode drama that follows the true story of Port’s murders and the families of the victims’ battle for justice as police failed to find the killer.
On 23 June, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) confirmed it will re-examine how Scotland Yard investigated the murders after none of the 17 of the officers involved with the case faced disciplinary action.
