Stephen Port victim inquests hear of Met ‘institutional homophobia’

Force repeatedly dismissed fears that deaths of four young gay men in Barking could be linked, jury hears

The Metropolitan police were guilty of institutional homophobia" for repeatedly dismissing fears that the deaths of four young gay men in Barking, east London, could be linked, an inquest heard.

John Pape, a friend of Gabriel Kovari, the serial killer Stephen Port's second victim, said he tried to help detectives by passing on information he felt could be helpful but they were unwilling to engage" with him, and did not seem curious" about the information he had.