Stephen Port: Coroner identifies 'basic investigative failings' in Met probe

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Stephen Port: Coroner identifies 'basic investigative failings' in Met probe
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Families of the four victims of serial killer Stephen Port have welcomed a coroner's report on the bungled investigations into their deaths.

Stephen Port's victims : Anthony Walgate, Gabriel Kovari, Jack Taylor and Daniel Whitworth

Sarah Munro QC's report on Tuesday, came after inquests into the deaths of Anthony Walgate, Gabriel Kovari, Daniel Whitworth and Jack Taylor.He dumped their bodies near his flat in Barking, east London, between June 2014 and September 2015.Port, 46, is serving a whole-life term for murdering Anthony Walgate, Gabriel Kovari, Daniel Whitworth and Jack Taylor in Barking over 16 months.

On Tuesday in her 'Prevention of Future Deaths' report, Ms Munro said she had been "extremely concerned and disappointed" to hear evidence of the blunders set out by jurors after the inquests in December, which found "Ms Munro said this showed "a lack of professional curiosity", as well as leadership failures at inspector and sergeant level.

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