15 June 2014
Port contacts Anthony Walgate through the Sleepyboys male escort website and offers to pay £800 for him to stay overnight on 17 June.
19 June
The body of Walgate, 23, is found propped in a sitting position near the communal entrance outside Port’s flat in Barking, east London. Port tells police he found the victim like that and called 999 because he thought he might be drunk, collapsed or suffering a seizure.
26 June
Port is arrested after police discover he hired Walgate as an escort. He is charged with perverting the course of justice by making a false police statement, and released on bail.
23 August
Gabriel Kovari, 22, goes to stay at Port’s flat.
28 August
Kovari’s body is found propped up in a sitting position against the graveyard wall at St Margaret’s church, Barking, 500 metres from Port’s flat.
18 September
Daniel Whitworth, 21, arranges to meet Port in Barking.
20 September
Whitworth’s body is found propped up in a sitting position against the same graveyard wall. An apparent suicide note – written by Port in an attempt to frame Whitworth for Kovari’s death – is in his left hand.
23 March 2015
Port pleads guilty to perverting the course of justice in the case of Walgate’s death, and is sentenced to eight months’ imprisonment. He is released with an electronic tag on 4 June.
13 September
Jack Taylor, 25, communicates with Port on Grindr in the early hours and travels to Barking, arriving at 3am.
14 September
Taylor’s body is found in the same position as the others, by the same graveyard wall as the two previous victims.
15 October
Port is identified on CCTV walking with Taylor near Barking station shortly before the latter’s death. Port is arrested.
