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Stephen Port: Serial killer guilty of murdering three men 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.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.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.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 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.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.Home videos were played to the jury which appeared to show Port allegedly enacting his drug-rape obsession.
The murders
Gabriel Kovari was staying with Port as a temporary flatmate when he was killed in August 2014.
Port called his sister to confess he had his body in his bed then dragged the 22-year-old to Barking Abbey graveyard.
He constructed a web of deceit to divert suspicion, telling his neighbour that Mr Kovari had died of an infection in Spain.
Port also invented a Facebook identity via which he told the Slovakian's boyfriend Mr Kovari had gone to a sex party with a man named "Dan".
The same dog walker who found Mr Kovari's body also found Daniel Whitworth dead in the same spot in the churchyard and "lying in the exact same position" three weeks later.
A fake suicide note was found in his hand which purported to be a confession by Mr Whitworth for Mr Kovari's death.
It was later found to have been written by Port but at the time of Mr Whitworth's death police had treated his demise "at face value".
Jack Taylor died on 13 September 2015, hours after meeting with Port following a conversation on Grindr.
Following his murder, Port got rid of Mr Taylor's mobile phone and deleted their communication on the dating app.
His body was found by a refuse collector with a needle and syringe in his pocket.