Family demands justice for Port victims

Police officers should be “held accountable” for their failings in the Stephen Port case at the inquest into his four victims, one family has said.

Jack Taylor, 25, was the final victim of the serial killer who drugged and raped young men before dumping their bodies near his home in Barking, east London between June 2014 and September 2015. The police watchdog is looking at whether any charges of gross misconduct should be brought against officers involved in the initial inquiry which allowed Port to slip through the net.

Speaking before the inquest, Mr Taylor’s sister, Donna Taylor, said: “I think we are all hoping the inquest will highlight just what officers did not do when they could have done.

“In the long run we are hoping for justice and certain officers to be held accountable.”