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London Police Apologize for Calling Grindr Serial Killer Stephen Port's Victims Overdoses
Police Service formally apologized for "systemic failings" in their handling of Grindr serial killer Stephen Port's case five years after his conviction.Port was given a whole-life order, or life sentence, for the murders of four men in London who he met through a gay hookup app in 2016, but a long-awaited inquest hearing into how police responded to the deaths and if prejudice was involved is now underway.Commander Jon Savell of the Metropolitan Police issued a statement acknowledging that the police failed in the case by recording the men's deaths as drug overdoses rather than murders, prolonging Port's capture."It is extremely important to us that members of the LGBT+ communities trust the police and feel confident they are being