Stephen Port: Police chief denies responsibility for failures
Ch Supt Andy Ewing admits there were "errors" in the investigation into Anthony Walgate's death.
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Ch Supt Andy Ewing admits there were "errors" in the investigation into Anthony Walgate's death.
Serial killer Stephen Port, 46, was spoken to by officers after he reported the body of Anthony Walgate, 23, outside his flat in Barking, east London, in June 2014.
On morning Anthony Walgate was found dead, police were aware of previous rape allegation against serial killer
19th ofjune 201a outside the block of flats where port lived. about 200 metres from where these inquests are being held. and very quickly, they identified the anonymous caller to the ambulance service being stephen port and that he lived in that block. in the records that are being shown to the gerry of the police investigation, one of the first officers on the scene is recorded as saying, "we need to find out when he is so we can go and speak to him straight away." he is a significant witness. the london ambulance service had told the metropolitan police after that call that the male caller h...
Where he is so we can go and speak "to him straightaway. he is a significant witness." the london ambulance service had told the metropolitan police after that call that the male caller had sounded unsure and apprehensive. and then in a handwritten note made that morning by the borough commander, chief superintendent andy ewing, he wrote down, "caller, previous sexual assault". and that is because there was a record on the police national computer that a man had made a complaint against stephen port 18 months earlier that he had used a drug against him and had raped him. but stephen port was n...