Thestoryofhowpolicerepeatedlyallowedaserialmurderertoslipthroughtheirfingers.StephenPortdate-rapedandmurderedfouryounggaymeninEastLondonwithinfifteenmonthsanddumpedallfourbodieswithinafewhundredmetresofeachother.YetBarkingandDagenhampolicefailedtolinkthedeaths,untilweeksafterthefourthone.ThefilmtellsthestorythrougheyesofthefamiliesofPort'svictims,unpickinghowthepolicefailedtoproperlyinvestigateeachofthedeathsinturn.Thepolice'sassumptionsthattheseyounggaymenhaddiedfromself-inflictedoverdosesofchem-sexdrugsallowedPorttocontinuerapingandkillinginnocentyoungmen.ThefilmunravelsPort'ssinistercharacterandmodusoperandi.Portwasmotivatedbyadesiretosatisfyhislustforabusivedrugfuelledsexualencounters.Hefoundallhisvictimsthroughgaydatingandsocialmediasites,usingmultipleonlineprofiles.BarkingandDagenhampolice'sfailingshaveledtohugeangeramongstthefamiliesofPort'svictims.Somehaveaccusedthepoliceofinstitutionalhomophobia,andaskedifofficerswouldhaveinvestigatedmorethoroughly,hadfouryoungwomenturnedupdeadwithinsuchasmallradius.TheMetpolicehavereferredthemselvestotheIndependentPoliceComplaintsCommissionovertheirhandlingofthecaseandwillnotcommentonspecificallegationsuntiltheIPCCinvestigationiscomplete.
2023-11-20 04:55:05,最后更新于 5月前