Friend had suspicions over Port victim’s death

A friend of the first victim of serial killer Stephen Port was convinced his death was suspicious and believed police assumed he had overdosed on drugs because he was a gay sex worker, an inquest has heard.

China Dunning, a university friend of Anthony Walgate, told the inquest into his death that they had discussed the drug GHB in the past and would ‘never have risked taking it’.

Fashion student Mr Walgate, 23, was found dead in Barking, east London, on June 19 2014 after being given a fatal overdose of the drug by Port.

Port went on to kill Gabriel Kovari, 22, Daniel Whitworth, 21, and Jack Taylor, 25.