‘Serial killer’ drugged four men he met online

An alleged serial killer has appeared in court accused of drugging and murdering four young men he met on gay websites, and dumping their bodies in and around a churchyard in east London.

Stephen Port, 40, is accused of poisoning the four men, who were all in their 20s, in a spate of attacks over 14 months.

Port, of Cooke St, Barking, in east London, has been charged with four counts of murder and four counts of administering a poison with intent to endanger life or inflict grievous bodily harm.