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10 Dec, 5 tweets, 2 min read
Over 16 months, the bodies of four young gay men were found dead in East London. They were victims of Stephen Port - known as the 'Grindr killer'.

Despite striking similarities in their deaths, detectives failed to link them
One of England's most senior police officers apologised to the families of his victims, saying they had a "right to expect a professional investigation to the standards all of us expected" - before adding "it's fair to say those standard's weren't met" news.sky.com/story/stephen-…
"Ricky continues to believe there was police prejudice into Daniel's death"

Partner of Daniel Whitworth, Ricky Wamsley calls on Cressida Dick to resign after inquest jury found police failings "probably" contributed to deaths of Stephen Port's victims
Anthony Walgate, Gabriel Kovari, Daniel Whitworth, and Jack Taylor were all plied with fatal doses of the "date rape" drug GHB by Port, who was dubbed the "Grindr killer" for the way he scouted his victims on the gay dating app news.sky.com/story/stephen-…
An inquest over the last nine weeks has heard evidence of a series of failings by the Met Police during the killing spree, who is now serving a whole-life prison sentence.

Here, Sky News looks at the missed opportunities to catch the serial killer 👇

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