Four Lives in Barking: The Crimes of Stephen Port
Four young men were found dead within a few hundred metres of the same street in Barking. Police treated the deaths as separate overdoses. Their families knew something was wrong.
Host Alexander Lawson tells the story of Anthony Walgate, Gabriel Kovari, Daniel Whitworth and Jack Taylor — and of Stephen Port, the man who lived nearby, met victims through dating apps, and walked free long enough to kill again.
This episode looks at the sixteen months of 2014–2015, the forged note, the missed chances, the Old Bailey convictions, and the later inquest finding that police failings probably…
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