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London police failed to learn from serial killer case, review finds

FILE PHOTO: A general view of the New Scotland Yard sign outside the police headquarters, in London, Britain February 18, 2023. REUTERS/May James

London's police force has failed to learn enough from its failures in a 2016 serial killer case to stop similar crimes happening again, a police watchdog said on Thursday in a damning report.

The review of the case of serial killer Stephen Port, who was jailed for life for the murder of four men he met on dating websites between 2014 and 2015, said the force had failed to recognise the deaths were connected until too late, despite obvious similarities.

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