Stephen Port victims – what happened in each case?
The IndependentGet the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Another officer deduced there was “nothing to suggest the victim had been assaulted”, despite bruising under Mr Walgate’s arms, while sex swabs taken from his body were not submitted for DNA testing. Two of Mr Walgate’s friends were convinced his death was suspicious and aired their concerns, but said they believed police assumed he had overdosed on drugs simply because he was a gay sex worker. Daniel Whitworth September 20 2014 Detectives failed to carry out key forensic tests including on the bed sheet on which chef Mr Whitworth was found, his clothes, so-called sex swabs taken from his body, and the drugs bottle planted on him – all of which carried Port’s DNA or fingerprints. Perhaps most crucially, the “suicide note” planted by Port on Mr Whitworth’s body taking responsibility for Mr Kovari’s death appeared to be taken on face value by police.
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UK serial killers could walk free because of Met Police failure to link deaths, Stephen Port report finds
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Stephen Port: Met Police agrees compensation with families of Grindr killer victims
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Police mistakes ‘probably’ contributed to Port victims’ deaths, inquest finds
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Stephen Port – the quiet, porn-obsessed loner who turned into a serial killer
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Case officer investigating Grindr killer ‘was unaware of similarities between four victims’
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Dog walker describes ‘peculiar’ discovery of two Stephen Port victims in same churchyard
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Stephen Port: Police failed to flag ‘significant’ incident during probe into first victim, inquest hears
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Stephen Port: Police assumed killer’s first victim overdosed because he was gay sex worker, friends claim
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‘Grindr serial killer’ identified as significant witness with previous rape allegation against him after first victim’s death
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‘Grindr killer’ Stephen Port ‘was obsessed with drug rape pornography’
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