Met cop from Stephen Port murder investigation ‘sent photo of one of his victims in Whatsapp group called Hunters and Gatherers’, an insider claims
- Whistleblower claims a photo of victim Daniel Whitworth, 21, has been circulated
- The chef was killed by Stephen Port, 47, who was given a life sentence
- Shocking allegation comes days after The Met was condemned in damning report
- It said Scotland Yard’s ranks are ‘torn by racism, misogyny and homophobia’
a Met police officer assigned to investigate gay serial killer Stephen Port reportedly shared a photo of one of his victims to a police WhatsApp group.
Port, 47, was sentenced to a life sentence at the Old Bailey in 2016 after spending a year committing murders, claiming the lives of four men and committing multiple rapes.
The sexual predator, obsessed with drugging and raping young men, murdered Anthony Walgate, 23, Gabriel Kovari, 22, Daniel Whitworth, 21, and Jack Taylor, 25, from June 2014 through September 2015.
A whistleblower claims the image showed the body of Port’s victim Daniel Whitworth, 21, wrapped in a sheet in a graveyard, and was distributed to a group called Hunters and Gatherers, The sun reports.
The source said: “It was a terrible thing to do. There was a mixture of disbelief and disgust when phones started pinging with the picture.’
A Met police officer assigned to investigate gay serial killer Stephen Port, 47, (pictured) reportedly shared a photo of one of his victims with a police WhatsApp group. Port is serving life in Belmarsh Prison for drugging, raping and murdering four men whom he met on a gay dating app between June 2014 and September 2015
The image shared on WhatsApp reportedly showed 21-year-old Daniel Whitworth, Port’s victim
The shocking claim was made just days after a scathing report described the Met Police as ‘broken’ and its ‘rotten’ ranks torn apart by racism, misogyny and homophobia.
It also follows just months after Scotland Yard agreed to pay tens of thousands of pounds in damages to the loved ones of three of Port’s victims, after an inquest revealed a series of fatal blunders by detectives, extending the killer’s time to justice. escaped.
There have also been claims that homophobia played a role in the failed investigation.
The body of Chef Whitworth, his third victim, was found with an apparent suicide note forged by Port containing a confession to the murder of another of his victims three weeks earlier.
Only after the death of Port’s fourth victim were the deaths considered suspicious.
This month’s scathing report against the Met described the Corps as institutionally racist and corrupt, as well as misogynistic and homophobic.
Baroness Casey, who spent a year researching the Yard’s culture and practices, said there was a “rot” at its heart that allowed racism to go unchallenged and predatory behavior to “flourish”.
Commenting on this latest claim, Met Commander Jon Savell said: ‘We have worked hard to ensure that the service we provide is better, while understanding that we have more to do.’
MailOnline has contacted the Met Police for further comment.
The latest claim was made just months after Scotland Yard agreed to pay tens of thousands of pounds in damages to the loved ones of three victims of gay serial killer Stephen Port (pictured) for a series of fatal blunders in the investigation