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| An alleged serial killer accused of murdering four young men with drug overdoses had a fetish for having sex with younger partners who were unconscious, a court has heard. | An alleged serial killer accused of murdering four young men with drug overdoses had a fetish for having sex with younger partners who were unconscious, a court has heard. |
| Stephen Port, 41, from Barking, east London, appeared at the Old Bailey on Wednesday accused of four counts of murder, seven of rape, four of assault by penetration and 10 of administering a substance with intent. | Stephen Port, 41, from Barking, east London, appeared at the Old Bailey on Wednesday accused of four counts of murder, seven of rape, four of assault by penetration and 10 of administering a substance with intent. |
| Jonathan Rees QC, prosecuting, said: “All of the offending behaviour was driven by one main factor, namely the defendant’s appetite for having sexual intercourse with younger, gay males while they were unconscious through drugs.” | Jonathan Rees QC, prosecuting, said: “All of the offending behaviour was driven by one main factor, namely the defendant’s appetite for having sexual intercourse with younger, gay males while they were unconscious through drugs.” |
| Port is alleged to have surreptitiously drugged 11 out of 12 of the victims, either by spiking their drinks or injecting them. Postmortem examinations of each of those who died showed high levels of GHB, a sedative drug. | |
| The prosecution said that other circumstances surrounding the deaths of four men were “strikingly similar”. Each died within a short time of meeting Port and visiting his flat; each was aged between 21 and 25 years old; there was evidence to show that Port found each victim sexually attractive; in each case he lied about his involvement with the victims; and each was found dead within 500 metres of the defendant’s flat, the court heard. | |
| “We say it offends against common sense to suggest that all of these men happened to die from an overdose featuring high levels of GHB shortly after meeting the defendant,” Rees said. | “We say it offends against common sense to suggest that all of these men happened to die from an overdose featuring high levels of GHB shortly after meeting the defendant,” Rees said. |
| The barrister said that the common factor linking all the men was Port, and that the explanation as to why the defendant wanted to administer the drugs to the victims would be found in the alleged sexual offences committed against those who survived their encounters with him. | The barrister said that the common factor linking all the men was Port, and that the explanation as to why the defendant wanted to administer the drugs to the victims would be found in the alleged sexual offences committed against those who survived their encounters with him. |
| Rees said: “The prosecution suggests that this evidence establishes that he had a propensity to render young gay men unconscious with drugs without their consent so he could have sex with them in that state. That was his particular inclination and what turned him on.” | Rees said: “The prosecution suggests that this evidence establishes that he had a propensity to render young gay men unconscious with drugs without their consent so he could have sex with them in that state. That was his particular inclination and what turned him on.” |
| Port appeared in the dock wearing a white shirt with blue stripes, a blue tie and navy blue trousers. He has already pleaded not guilty to all the charges, which allegedly took place between 2011 and 2015. The trial continues. | Port appeared in the dock wearing a white shirt with blue stripes, a blue tie and navy blue trousers. He has already pleaded not guilty to all the charges, which allegedly took place between 2011 and 2015. The trial continues. |