Greater Manchester Police says it is committed to working with LGBTQ+ communities after an inquest found Met Police failings ‘probably’ contributed to the deaths of Stephen Port’s victims.
Metropolitan Police officers missed repeated opportunities to catch serial killer Port after he plied first victim Anthony Walgate with a fatal dose of date-rape drug GHB and dumped his body.
The predator then struck three more times before he was eventually caught - killing each of his young, gay, male victims in near-identical circumstances.
Police in Barking, east London, failed to link him to the deaths despite detective work carried out by the victims’ family and friends that would lead them to the culprit. READ MORE: Mum and baby rushed to hospital
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