Shocking! See Serial Killer Who Killed Four Men With Poison (Photo)

 

Stephen Port, 40, of Cooke Street, Barking has appeared in court for murdering four young men after contacting them through gay websites.

 

He was said to have drugged and killed the four men over a 15-month period in Barking, East London.

 

He is charged with killing art student Anthony Walgate, 23, Slovakian-born artist Gabriel Kovari, 22, trainee chef Daniel Whitworth, 21, and forklift truck driver Taylor, 25 using an overdose of the sedative GHB.

 

Port has been charged with giving poison to the victims with intent to endanger life or inflict grievous bodily harm.

 

Information about the suspect on his Facebook page says he works as a special needs catering teacher at a college of further education in Westminister and was educated at Oxford University. Mr. Port who appeared in court without his wig and dressed in a police issue grey track suit lives at a small, ground floor flat on an estate in Barking, where neighbours said they saw little of him

 

A week ago police issued a CCTV image of a suspect who was thought to have met the last victim, Mr Taylor, near Barking station the day before the discovery of his body.

 

Jack Taylor from Dagenham was found near the Abbey Ruins close to North Street in Barking on 14 September 2015. Anthony Walgate from Barnet, was pronounced dead after being discovered on Cooke Street in Barking on 19 June 2014.

 

Gabriel Kovari, from Lewisham, was found by a dog walker near the graveyard of St Margaret's Church in Barking on 28 August 2014.

Daniel Whitworth, from Gravesend in Kent, was discovered by the same dog walker near the graveyard on 20 September 2014.

 

One victim was found clutching a suicide note, but it's understood that it's now subject to more forensic tests.

 

A year ago a detective investigating the discovery of three bodies in a month, and within a mile of each other, said the deaths were "unusual, but not suspicious."

 

Mr Port was charged on Sunday night and appeared on Monday at Barking side Magistrates Court, where he was remanded in custody.

 

He will appear again at the Old Bailey on Wednesday.