result later today. inspectors say the metropolitan police force is still failing to investigate deaths properly several years after serious flaws were exposed in the case of the serial killer stephen port. port is serving a whole life term for the murder of four men and a series of sex attacks in london in 2014 and 2015. the met accepts it needs to do more to prevent something similar happening again. helena wilkinson reports. stephen port poisoned anthony walgate, gabriel kovari, daniel whitworth and jack taylor with an overdose of a date rape drug at his flat in east london between june 2014 and september 2015. he was also found guilty of a series of sex assaults against other men. an inquest later heard the met police made a series of mistakes in the case. the deaths were not initially
a man has beenjailed for 16 years for what a judge described as a campaign of sexual abuse which caused immeasurable harm to victims over thirty years. thomas mckenna pleaded guilty to 162 charges in relation to attacks on 23 boys and young men. he had been an official at a gaelic football club in county armagh. chris page reports from belfast crown court. for three decades, thomas mckenna s victims felt they had to stay silent, but now he s been jailed for an horrific betrayal of trust. he carried out sex attacks at one of the most successful clubs in one of northern ireland s most popular sports. crossmaglen rangers have won dozens of gaelic football titles. mckenna also abused victims in their homes, in pubs and in the van he used as a postal worker. we as a group are immensely proud of the strength,
EXCLUSIVE: It is the first time the backlog in rape cases has passed 2,000 as lawyers warn justice in rape allegations has become a victim itself of penny-pinching.