Mum of Stephen Port’s first victim says she told investigators he was the Grindr killer 12 times
THE DEVASTATED mum of Grindr killer Stephen Port’s first victim has revealed she told cops he was the murderer 12 times.
Sarah Sak said she also warned officials he would kill again before Port went on to murder three more men.
The 50-year-old mum said she told investigators to look into Port after her son Anthony Walgate, 23, was found dead in Port’s flat.
He had traces of date-rape drug GHB in his system when he died.
Despite this, she said officials told her there wasn’t anything to investigate.
In an interview with , she said the police have “so much to answer for”.
She explained: “A child could have worked out the cases were linked but the police refused to answer any of my questions or reopen Anthony’s case.”
Sak said she will not rest until she gets justice for her son, claiming cops “brushed his death aside like it didn’t matter”, leaving Port “free to kill”.
She said: “I’ll carry on the fight for Anthony until I know exactly why this beast was allowed to murder others when I was screaming that something wasn’t right.”
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Sak said she fears police would have worked harder on the case if her son had been heterosexual.
She said officials ignored her and her MP Karl Turner, despite finding Port’s second and third victims in graves just 400 yards from where her son’s body was unearthed.
Each of the killer’s victims were found within three months of their deaths, and they were all disposed of in the same manner.
But it was only when police found fourth victim Jack Taylor in September 2015 that cops finally made the link.
Speaking on Friday, Ex-Metropolitan Police Detective Sergeant Callum Sutherland put the alleged failings down to poor communication.
He said: “I can only guess different officers attended each scene in the Port case and none spoke to each other.
“I’d also question why nobody asked why two dead men took themselves into a graveyard to take a drug associated with date rape.”
Met Police Commander Stuart Cundy responded to the accusations: “I have written to each of the families to apologise for missed opportunities to catch Port sooner.”
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