Heartbroken sisters slam Met Police still missing killers years after Stephen Port murders

The bereaved sisters of Jack Taylor, one of four victims of serial killer Stephen Port, have reiterated their calls for justice after a report revealed the Metropolitan Police has "not learned enough from their failings" eight years ago. Donna and Jenny Taylor have slammed the force after new findings from His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) that officers within the Met still fail to properly investigate murders. Speaking to Express.co.uk, they said the report highlighted issues they experienced with the force "in black and white" but disagreed with some of its central findings as they called for the Met to "make an example" of officers.

The sisters, who have launched a petition alongside the families of Port's other victims - Anthony Walgate, 23, Gabriel Kovari, 22, and Daniel Whitworth, 21 - seeking justice for the force's well-documented failings with the serial killer's case, said some of the findings didn't wash.

Matt Parr, the Inspector of Constabulary, said HMICFRS found evidence of subpar training, supervision and issues with handling property and evidence that meant the Met risks making the same mistakes with future murder cases.

But the sisters said the issues within the police force go beyond this, as the officers who failed their brother and Port's other victims were experienced and trained.

Jenny said: "Lack of training and things like that, we don't swallow that."

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"Some of the police officers that had dealt with Jack and the other boys had been on the force for many, many years.

"Some of them were detectives, inspectors, some had a team underneath them, and some had been in the force for 20-odd years."

They said suggestions that the officers were not trained adequately were "just an insult", adding that they did not receive resources or training when pursuing the case themselves.

Donna, 44, and Jenny, 34, famously mounted their own investigation and uncovered the pattern of deaths that led to Port's apprehension in 2015.

He was convicted of the murders, assaults by penetration, and rapes in 2016 and handed a whole life sentence.

The serial killer's victims died after he gave them fatal doses of date rape drug GHB, and their bodies were dumped in the open near his Barking flat between 2014 and 2015.

In the face of a police force unwilling to investigate the four murders or treat them as linked, the sisters ensured critical CCTV footage was released after pushing "over, over and over again", without which the Met "wouldn't have caught him", they added.

Jurors conducting an inquest into the case found that "fundamental failures" by the police likely contributed to the deaths of three of the men.

Following this week's report, Donna and Jenny said they didn't need a piece of paper "to say it in black and white yet again".

They have now called for individual officers failing the Met to have an example made of them.

Attempts to change policy or training would not work as long as the police force's poor-performing, high-ranking officers remain in the ranks.

Donna said: "They need to take action - they need to get rid of these police officers."

"Why are these police officers still working on the police force? It makes absolutely no sense."

The sisters added that senior officers' continued failings are also preventing their better-meaning and talented colleagues from making a positive difference.

Donna said: "There are good police officers who  actually do their jobs as they should, unfortunately [the negligent officers] are letting them down too."

The pair, who are both mothers, still cannot grieve eight years after their brother's death and continue to seek official action alongside the families of Port's other victims.

They are pushing to have police officers involved in the Port case removed from their posts, with their Change.org petition claiming that none have been disciplined for their part, and seven have received promotions.

The petition alleges "widespread homophobic and gender phobic discrimination" within the force and seeks action from MPs in Parliament.

Louisa Rolfe, the Met Police Assistant Commissioner, has said she was "troubled" by the watchdog's findings.

She acknowledged that the force poorly handled the Port case and that officials are committed to ensuring it hasn't "missed things", pledging a review into unexplained death cases.

The Assistant Commissioner added that Met leaders were "sincere" in their desire to minimise the chances of the case repeating itself.

She added: "We know we fell short in this case, and the families did not get the service they needed or deserved.

"It is important we look again at this area to see what more we need to do to support families through such difficult times."