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| Stephen Port: Serial killer guilty of murdering three men | |
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| A serial killer has been found guilty of murdering three young men by poisoning them with lethal doses of a date rape drug. | A serial killer has been found guilty of murdering three young men by poisoning them with lethal doses of a date rape drug. |
| Stephen Port, who was also convicted of three rapes, lured the men to his London flat for sex and secretly gave them GHB, the Old Bailey heard. | |
| The 41-year-old chef was also found guilty of seven offences of administering a substance with intent and three sexual assaults. | The 41-year-old chef was also found guilty of seven offences of administering a substance with intent and three sexual assaults. |
| He had denied 29 charges in total. | He had denied 29 charges in total. |
| Between August 2014 and September 2015 Port murdered Gabriel Kovari, 22, from Lewisham, Daniel Whitworth, 21, from Gravesend, Kent, and Jack Taylor, 25, from Dagenham, east London. | Between August 2014 and September 2015 Port murdered Gabriel Kovari, 22, from Lewisham, Daniel Whitworth, 21, from Gravesend, Kent, and Jack Taylor, 25, from Dagenham, east London. |
| The jury has yet to reach a verdict on a number of other charges including the alleged murder of Anthony Walgate, 23, who was found dead outside Port's flat in June 2014. | |
| He met his victims on dating websites, including Grindr, and coaxed them to his home in Barking before giving them fatal doses of drugs. | |
| Their bodies were all found dumped in or near a graveyard within 500m of his house. | Their bodies were all found dumped in or near a graveyard within 500m of his house. |
| Mr Taylor's family wept in court as the guilty verdicts were delivered but Port made no reaction. | Mr Taylor's family wept in court as the guilty verdicts were delivered but Port made no reaction. |
| The trial had heard that Port had an insatiable appetite for boyish-looking, smaller men, who he referred to as "Twinks". | |
| The Old Bailey was also told he trawled the internet for pornography involving impassive young men being "raped" by older men. | |
| Home videos were played to the jury which appeared to show Port allegedly enacting his drug-rape obsession. |