Twisted Grindr serial killer's letters from prison 'exposed his childish concerns'

Stephen Port raped and murdered victims successful his East London flat (Image: PA)

Stephen Port, a notorious serial killer with a peculiar involvement successful children's films similar Transformers, wrote letters from prison boasting astir his alleged intelligence. Unbeknownst to him, helium was not penning to an adoring instrumentality but to seasoned writer Sebastian Murphy-Bates, who was researching the murderer.

Port, who was convicted for the brutal murders of 4 men helium met connected the dating app Grindr, claimed to beryllium a genius successful these letters. However, Murphy-Bates observed that Port seemed much preoccupied with "childish concerns,". Port would entice his victims online, past sexually battle them astatine his East London level aft drugging their drinks with GHB. In his book, Murphy-Bates explores Port's beingness and crimes and scrutinises the relation of the police who failed the victims.

The slayer stood trial for implicit 20 offences against 11 men, including the murders of Anthony Walgate, Gabriel Kovari, Daniel Whitworth, and Jack Taylor. According to Murphy-Bates, Port's situation notes were "witless."

In 2016, Port received a beingness condemnation for his horrifying crimes, which were inadequately investigated by the police, allowing him to proceed his sidesplitting spree. Murphy-Bates suggests that if the constabulary had done their occupation properly, Jack Taylor mightiness inactive beryllium live today, reports the Mirror US.

Port's unfortunate Jack Taylor was 25 (Image: PA)

In his account, Murphy-Bates shares his unsocial acquisition of corresponding with imprisoned serial slayer Stephen Port successful his publication Easy Kills.

Easy Kills

The writer said: "When the notorious serial slayer Stephen Port was yet apprehended, it near galore baffled. This 40 twelvemonth aged antheral had managed to elude instrumentality enforcement for implicit a twelvemonth portion helium committed the horrifying murders of Anthony Walgate, Gabriel Kovari, Daniel Whitworth, and Jack Taylor.

"Their bodies were recovered discarded successful nationalist areas successful Barking, East London. The question connected everyone's caput was however could this seemingly mean cook perpetrate specified heinous acts and evade capture?"

Was helium a transgression mastermind?

He continued: "Following Port's condemnation for these 4 murders, on with galore enactment offences astatine the Old Bailey, I decided to constitute to him astatine HMP Frankland, Durham. My purpose was to recognize the benignant of antheral helium was portion conducting probe for my book, Easy Kills.

Gabriel Kovari, 22, was different of Port's victims (Image: PA)

"To enactment it mildly, my content from our correspondence was acold from that of a genius. To beryllium much nonstop - the antheral is an imbecile. His letters, filled with spelling errors, revealed a antheral preoccupied with childish concerns and interests, alongside boasts astir an intellect that I'm definite was purely imaginary. In bid to summation his trust, I posed arsenic a young, insecure cheery antheral named Luke Banes (a motion to Skywalker from Star Wars and a quality from Transformers, some of which Port is obsessed with).

"I adjacent sent him a picture, hoping to reel him successful further, and it worked. Either Stephen was excessively oblivious to question wherefore I'd cropped everyone but "Luke" retired of the printouts, oregon helium was excessively aroused to attraction and was conscionable blessed to person the photograph successful his cell. I wasn't amazed by his mindless notes. I already knew from his clumsy denials of each 29 charges that it wasn't his quality that had kept him connected the escaped for truthful long."

So what was it?

Mr Murphy-Bates added: "The incompetence of the Barking and Dagenham Metropolitan Police Service. Port should person been caught successful June 2014, erstwhile helium killed manner pupil Anthony aft drugging him. But the constabulary failed to cheque his physics devices, which would person revealed a disturbing past of rape porn and his existent intentions for luring the young antheral to Barking.

Anthony Walgate was conscionable 23 erstwhile helium was killed (Image: PA)

"Even without checking his devices, the constabulary should person been suspicious of him. After all, helium was the 1 who pretended to beryllium a bystander and called 999 astir Anthony's assemblage He was recovered to person hired Anthony arsenic an escort, proving his telephone was a lie. He adjacent admitted to moving the assemblage to the street."

Did helium go a execution suspect?

The writer continued: No, helium was charged (and aboriginal convicted) with perverting the people of justice. As helium waited for his tribunal date, helium went connected to execution Gabriel and Daniel, disposing of their bodies successful the aforesaid graveyard adjacent his apartment, conscionable weeks apart.

"Daniel's body, successful particular, was recovered with imaginable evidence, including a broad and a enactment that appeared to beryllium a termination note. However, the constabulary failed to trial the blanket, which was aboriginal recovered to person Port's DNA connected it, and didn't analyse the enactment further, contempt it being suspiciously well-preserved successful a integrative wallet and mentioning "the feline I was with past night".

Daniel Whitworth, 21, was 1 of Port's victims (Image: PA)

"After serving fractional of his sentence, Stephen was released from prison. If helium had served his afloat sentence, Jack Taylor mightiness inactive beryllium alive. Yet, adjacent erstwhile a 4th assemblage was recovered wrong 400 yards of Port's apartment, the constabulary didn't rise an alarm, contempt it being successful the aforesaid determination arsenic the erstwhile two. It wasn't until Jack's sisters, Donna and Jen, persuaded the constabulary to merchandise CCTV footage of Jack's past locomotion done Barking municipality centre that Port was yet identified and arrested successful October 2015.

"My book, titled 'Easy Kills', is truthful named due to the fact that the constabulary made it acold excessively casual for a wholly unresourceful idiot to perpetrate murder. They failed to analyse adjacent erstwhile helium near clues for them."

He concluded: "I anticipation it serves arsenic a stark reminder of mistakes that the Met cannot spend to repeat."