The police first became aware of Port while investigating the death of his first victim, Anthony Walgate, accusing him of perverting the course of justice. Port had moved Walgate’s body and reported seeing the inert form in the street to the police, pretending to be a concerned citizen. At the time, Port told police that Walgate had overdosed and he had left him the street, fearing he’d be held responsible.
Three murders later, the police found their way back to Port, who was convicted in 2016 for 22 offenses against 11 men, including the four he killed, according to The Guardian. He received a whole-life sentence — making him ineligible for parole. Per The Sun, he was initially sent to HMP Belmarsh in South London but has since been moved.
The judge said at Port’s sentencing, “A significant degree of planning went into obtaining the drugs in advance and in luring the victims to his flat. Having killed them by administering an overdose, he dragged them out into the street in one case, or took them to the churchyard in the other cases, and abandoned their bodies in a manner which robbed them of their dignity, and thereby greatly increased the distress of their loving families,” per The Guardian.
Port and his gruesome deeds were the focus of several films, including the BBC’s “Four Lives” in 2022 and the BBC documentary, “How Police Missed the Grindr Killer,” in 2017, Bustle reported.
