MPs call for inquiry into 'Met Police homophobia' during investigation over serial killer Stephen Port
Stephen Port's victims : Anthony Walgate, Gabriel Kovari, Jack Taylor and Daniel Whitworth
Port, 46, is serving a whole-life term for murdering Anthony Walgate, Gabriel Kovari, Daniel Whitworth and Jack Taylor in Barking over 16 months.Barking MP Margaret Hodge said: "The inquiry is vital to ensure such a tragedy never happens again." Addressing Home Office minister Kit Malthouse, Ms Hodge asked: "Does the minister agree with the friends, partners and families that the Metropolitan Police are prejudiced and institutionally homophobic?"Does he at the very least agree that, given the facts of the cases, homophobia must have been a factor that influenced the actions and inactions of the police?
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