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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Emine Sinmaz

Met police could be failing to identify serial killers, watchdog says

Men who were killed by Stephen Port. Top left to right: Daniel Whitworth, 21, Jack Taylor, 25; bottom left to right: Anthony Walgate, 23, and Gabriel Kovari, 22.
Men who were killed by Stephen Port. Top left to right: Daniel Whitworth, 21, Jack Taylor, 25; bottom left to right: Anthony Walgate, 23, and Gabriel Kovari, 22. Photograph: PA

The Metropolitan police could be failing to spot serial killers and identify murders because they are not properly investigating unexpected deaths, the inspector of constabulary has warned.

Matt Parr’s comments came after a damning report concluded Britain’s largest force had still not learned from its “calamitous litany of failures” in the case of the serial killer Stephen Port – and warned “history could repeat itself”.

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