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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Flora Thompson

Met ‘has not learned from failures in Stephen Port case’ – watchdog

PA Media

Police could be missing murders because they are still failing to investigate deaths properly nearly a decade after the blunders in catching serial killer Stephen Port, a watchdog has warned.

The risk of homicides not being identified by the Metropolitan Police is “way higher than it should be”, with some officers admitting they are relying on “luck” to identify links between deaths, inspectors found.

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