Murder team’s refusal to take on Stephen Port probe ‘not the answer we wanted’
Temporary Superintendent Mike Hamer told colleagues he wanted the more senior MIT (murder investigation team) to take on the ‘complex’ case.
UK News|Oct 20, 2021
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Police failed to flag up ‘significant’ incident involving serial killer
Stephen Port mentioned an incident that should have alerted the Met’s homicide command when he was interviewed after the death of his first victim.
UK News|Oct 18, 2021
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Detective’s apology over ‘terrible’ mistakes in Stephen Port probe
DS Martin O’Donnell made the admission on the tenth day of hearings at Barking Town Hall into the deaths of four young, gay men.
UK News|Oct 15, 2021
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Detective made ‘terrible mistake’ in early days of Stephen Port probe
Detective Sergeant Martin O’Donnell did not share intelligence about the serial killer’s past, or search the police database, an inquest heard.
UK News|Oct 15, 2021
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Stephen Port detective tells inquest jurors of regret over laptop ‘failing’
Detective Constable David Parish said he spent the years since Port’s victim was first discovered ‘wishing’ he had acted differently.
UK News|Oct 14, 2021
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Police failed to analyse killer’s laptop for 10 months, inquest told
Stephen Port killed four men with overdoses of the drug GHB between June 2014 and September 2015.
UK News|Oct 13, 2021
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Friend of Stephen Port’s first victim ‘convinced’ death was suspicious
China Dunning told an inquest into Anthony Walgate’s death she feared police wrongly assumed the gay sex worker had overdosed.
UK News|Oct 13, 2021
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Charity calls for support as poll reveals ‘significant’ impact of stroke
It found 30% of stroke survivors under the age of 60 say having a stroke cost them their job.
UK News|Oct 12, 2021
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Killer’s first victim ‘may have been dead for at least a day before being found’
Anthony Walgate, 23, was killed by Stephen Port in 2014.
UK News|Oct 12, 2021
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Senior officer in Stephen Port case denies ‘unconscious bias’
An inquest heard that the death of Anthony Walgate was initially classified as ‘unexplained’ rather than ‘suspicious’.
UK News|Oct 11, 2021
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Front room FaceTime improves life-saving stroke care
Medics were forced to innovate during the coronavirus pandemic.
UK News|Oct 7, 2021
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Medic ruled death of Port’s first victim ‘probably non-suspicious’, inquest told
Police believe Stephen Port wrapped his victims’ bodies in bed sheets and carried them to the sites where they were found.
UK News|Oct 7, 2021
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Death of Stephen Port’s first victim immediately suspicious, inquest told
Paramedic Antony Neil said it was highly unusual to find the deceased sitting upright with legs crossed.
UK News|Oct 7, 2021
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Jurors at inquest for Stephen Port victims visit spots where bodies were dumped
The serial killer gave four men fatal doses of the date rape drug GHB at his flat in east London, then discarded them at locations just metres away.
UK News|Oct 7, 2021
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Killer Stephen Port was obsessed with drug rape pornography, inquest told
He murdered four men and sexually assaulted several others.
UK News|Oct 6, 2021
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