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| Stephen Port guilty: 'Grindr serial killer' to be sentenced for murder of three men | Stephen Port guilty: 'Grindr serial killer' to be sentenced for murder of three men |
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| Stephen Port has been found guilty of poisoning three young gay men. | |
| The 41-year-old chef stalked his victims on dating websites such as Grindr and plied them with drinks spiked with fatal amounts of the date-rape drug GHB to rape them while they were unconscious, the Old Bailey heard. | The 41-year-old chef stalked his victims on dating websites such as Grindr and plied them with drinks spiked with fatal amounts of the date-rape drug GHB to rape them while they were unconscious, the Old Bailey heard. |
| Port dumped their bodies in or near a graveyard within 500 metres of his flat in Barking, east London, and embarked on an elaborate cover-up. | |
| He disposed of their mobile phones, repeatedly lied to police and planting a fake suicide note in the hand of one of his victims, taking the blame for the death of another. | |
| He denied all the charges against him but was found guilty of the murders of Gabriel Kovari, Daniel Whitworth and Jack Taylor as well as a range of sexual offences against more men. | He denied all the charges against him but was found guilty of the murders of Gabriel Kovari, Daniel Whitworth and Jack Taylor as well as a range of sexual offences against more men. |
| Jurors have yet to reach verdicts relating to other charges, including those around the death of Port's first alleged murder victim, Anthony Walgate. | Jurors have yet to reach verdicts relating to other charges, including those around the death of Port's first alleged murder victim, Anthony Walgate. |
| His first alleged victim, Anthony Walgate, 23, was found dead on Cooke Street on 19 June last year. He was a fashion and design student at Middlesex University who was originally from Hull but living in Barnet. | |
| The second victim, Gabriel Kovari, 22, was found by a dog walker near St Margaret's churchyard on 28 August last year. He was originally from Slovakia but lived in Lewisham, south London. | |
| Just under a month later, on 20 September last year, the same dog walker discovered the body of Daniel Whitworth, 21, from Gravesend, Kent, near the same churchyard. | |
| Then on 14 September this year, Jack Taylor, 25, a forklift truck driver from Dagenham, was found dead near the abbey ruins close to North Street. | |
| The deaths were not initially linked but after further investigation they were referred to the Metropolitan Police homicide and major crime command on 14 October. | |
| Port was convicted of a total of 16 offences against nine out of 12 alleged victims, including the three murders. | |
| Other charges he was found guilty of included seven counts of administering a substance, three rapes and three sex assaults. | |
| Mr Justice Openshaw gave the jurors a majority direction on the remaining counts and said he would accept a majority of at least 10 to two. | |
| He sent the jury of 10 women and two men back out to continue deliberating. The case continues. | |
| Additional reporting by PA |