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| Serial killer Stephen Port guilty of murders of three men | Serial killer Stephen Port guilty of murders of three men |
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| Serial killer Stephen Port has been found guilty of murdering three young gay men to fulfil his sexual fantasies. | Serial killer Stephen Port has been found guilty of murdering three young gay men to fulfil his sexual fantasies. |
| The 41-year-old chef contacted his victims on dating websites, including 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 contacted his victims on dating websites, including 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. | Port dumped their bodies in or near a graveyard within 500 metres of his flat in Barking, east London. |
| Port 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 other 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. |
| 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. | |
| Taylor’s parents and sisters wept in court as the guilty verdicts were delivered but Port made no reaction. | |
| He was convicted of a total of 16 offences against nine out of 12 alleged victims, including the three murders. Other charges of which he was found guilty included seven counts of administering a substance, three rapes and three sex assaults. |