Stephen Port

Metropolitan Police officers who failed to spot serial Stephen Port are to be reinvestigated, a watchdog accounced on Thursday.

IOPC regional director Graham Beesley said: “In our original investigation, we examined the actions of 17 officers. “It is vital that London’s LGBTQ+ community has confidence in our police and the Met are able to gain the trust and confidence of all the communities it serves so that every Londoner, regardless of background or postcode can feel safe, protected and served.” “We owe it to the victims, their loved ones and all those impacted to ensure nothing like this can ever happen again and the Mayor is fully committed to holding the Met to account and working with them and partners to ensure all learning from the deaths of these innocent young men is translated into meaningful action and change. “The whole of the Met is committed to improving our investigations, our relationships and the trust people have in us to keep them safe. “Since the deaths of Anthony, Gabriel, Daniel and Jack we have worked hard to ensure the service we provide is better while understanding we have more to do. “Learning and recommendations from the Independent Office for Police Conduct, Her Majesty’s Coroner and our LGBT+ Independent Advisory Group of community members have enabled us to make a range of improvements.

Independent Office for Police Conduct will reinvestigate way Scotland Yard handled deaths of serial killer's victims.

The IOPC regional director, Graham Beesley, said since the inquests it had closely examined its original investigation and compared it with the new material heard at the inquests. “We expect the IOPC to investigate with renewed vigour. The IOPC said new evidence at those inquests that was “previously unknown to us” had prompted its decision to reinvestigate the MPS over the deaths.

Port murdered four young men during a 16-month period between 2014 and 2015, luring them to his one-bed flat in Barking before fatally plying them with date- ...

Learning and recommendations from the Independent Office for Police Conduct, Her Majesty’s Coroner and our LGBT+ Independent Advisory Group of community members have enabled us to make a range of improvements. We look forward to their findings and any recommendations they may have.” Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Had this information been known at the time it may have led to different decisions on outcomes.” IOPC regional director Graham Beesley said: “In our original investigation, we examined the actions of 17 officers. By clicking ‘Register’ you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use, Cookie policy and Privacy notice.

The IOPC said it will look into how Scotland Yard investigated the cases during Port's killing spree in Barking, east London.

He said the decision to reinvestigate "does not necessarily mean that the entirety of the original investigation will be examined again". The Metropolitan Police said it would offer "every support" to the fresh investigation. The jury's findings, in December last year, prompted the IOPC to announce that it would consider reinvestigating.

Jurors at the inquests into the deaths of Anthony Walgate, 23, Gabriel Kovari, 22, Daniel Whitworth, 21, and 25-year-old Jack Taylor concluded that police ...

He said the decision to reinvestigate “does not necessarily mean that the entirety of the original investigation will be examined again”. The Metropolitan Police said they would offer “every support” to the fresh investigation. The police watchdog is to reinvestigate the Metropolitan Police over their handling of the inquiry into the murders of four young men by serial killer Stephen Port.

The Met will be re-investigated after new evidence emerged during inquests about its handling of the murders carried out by Barking serial killer Stephen ...

- 6Met to be investigated again over handling of Stephen Port victims' deaths It follows the 2021 inquests into their deaths which found that "basic investigative failures" by the Met "probably contributed" to the deaths of three of the young men. Met to be investigated again over handling of Stephen Port victims' deaths

In many ways, Stephen Port did not fit the serial killer stereotype. The softly spoken, bus depot chef had a “strange” obsession with children's toys and ...

He was said to have had a “revolving door of boys coming and going” at his flat, some of whom he boasted he would wed, only for them to disappear out of his life as quickly as they arrived. Mr Edwards said he also had concerns about Port’s drug use, but was reassured by the predator that his interest in young males was legal, and that the drugs were for personal use only. Evidence at the inquests suggested Port had more aliases – used to spread rumours in the aftermath of each murder – than he had genuine friends.

In many ways, Stephen Port did not fit the serial killer stereotype. The softly spoken, bus depot chef had a “strange” obsession with children's toys and ...

He was said to have had a “revolving door of boys coming and going” at his flat, some of whom he boasted he would wed, only for them to disappear out of his life as quickly as they arrived. Mr Edwards said he also had concerns about Port’s drug use, but was reassured by the predator that his interest in young males was legal, and that the drugs were for personal use only. The softly spoken, bus depot chef had a “strange” obsession with children’s toys and rarely socialised, instead spending his free time in his flat on his laptop or internet dating, rarely going too far from work and home.