Met cops admit relying on luck when trying to solve some murders
Metropolitan Police officers have admitted they are relying on "luck" when investigating some killings in London.A damning report from the emergency services watchdog found the risk of the Met failing to identify deaths as killings is "way higher than it should be" almost a decade on from the blunders made in the pursuit of Stephen Port.
Anthony Walgate, Gabriel Kovari, Daniel Whitworth and Jack Taylor were killed after Port drugged them with GHB and dumped their bodies close to his east London flat in 2014 and 2015. Matt Parr, the inspector of constabulary, said: "The Met has not learned enough from their failings eight years ago, and starkly, what went wrong there could happen again."He went on: "Had the police conducted a professional and thorough investigation after the first victim, Anthony, was murdered it's entirely possible - likely even - that Gabriel, Daniel and Jack would still have been alive, a dreadful failing.
The Met is typically called to 30 unexpected deaths in a typical day across London - 10,000 a year - while it would usually see two or three homicides a week. Some officers did not display much professional curiosity. There were even instances of important discoveries being made at mortuaries because the pockets of the deceased weren't even checked earlier.
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