Gabriel-and-daniel-case May 2026

Forensic tests were not done on items found with the bodies, including the "suicide note" and a bedsheet, which were later found to have Port's DNA.

A young man from Slovakia looking for work as a translator, Kovari met Port online in August 2014 and moved in as his flatmate. Days later, on August 28, 2014, his body was found propped up against a wall in the graveyard of St Margaret’s Church, near Port's home. gabriel-and-daniel-case

Port, having already killed Anthony Walgate in June 2014 (and received a suspended sentence for perverting the course of justice in that investigation), attempted to disguise the subsequent deaths. Forensic tests were not done on items found

This detailed piece outlines the case of Gabriel Kovari and Daniel Whitworth, two of the four victims murdered by Stephen Port in Barking, East London, between 2014 and 2015. The case is widely recognized not only for its brutality but also for the critical failings of the Metropolitan Police in identifying the pattern of killings. The Victims and the Pattern Port, having already killed Anthony Walgate in June

A forged suicide note was placed on Daniel Whitworth's body. The note claimed that Whitworth had accidentally killed Gabriel Kovari while having sex and had decided to take his own life out of guilt.

Families of the victims argued the police response was influenced by homophobia, pointing to dismissive attitudes when loved ones raised concerns about links between the deaths.

The deaths of Kovari and Whitworth, along with Walgate and the final victim, Jack Taylor, were subject to a series of inquests that concluded in December 2021. The inquest findings were scathing: