"A detailed investigative report on the murders committed by ‘Grindr’ serial date-rape killer, Stephen Port. "
The author was a reporter on the Barking and Dagenham Post and was living in Barking at the time Stephen Port was arrested. Port’s victims were all homosexual, each one killed by a fatal dose of the ‘date rape’ drug, GHB. A recent and very harrowing BBC drama about the case called Four Lives focused on the families’ fight for justice.
The author leaves readers in no doubt about his views about a police investigation that, despite clear opportunity, failed to stop Port before he killed again and again... He points the finger, as have the families, at the inability of local police to connect the crimes or even to realise a serial murderer was at work.
Easy Kills is a good addition to the ‘true crime’ genre and will, no doubt, be an engaging read for anyone concerned with police accountability, how cuts in police resources have affected investigative performance and how political control of what was once an independent public service has resulted in a focus on police ‘activities’ that reflect well on politicians but fail to address some of the serious criminal and social issues blighting 21st Century UK society. And, to be frank, that should be all of us.
Stephen Port was jailed in November 2016 after luring four young, gay men through dating apps so he could drug them to death and rape them.
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Stephen Port was jailed in November 2016 after luring four young, gay men through dating apps so he could drug them to death and rape them. Easy Kills tracks Port's life and crimes and questions the role of Barking and Dagenham Police, who were investigated by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) as a result.
Easy Kills features in the following genres: Biographies & Autobiographies, Biography, Literature and Literary studies, Memoirs, Society and Social Sciences, Philosophy and Religion, Philosophy, Topics in philosophy, Philosophy of mind, True crime: serial killers and murderers, True crime, True stories: general, eBooks of the Month, Recommendations, History, History and Archaeology
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Easy Kills was written by Sebastian Murphy-Bates and published by Mirror Books
