A man murdered four men he had allegedly met over gay websites and were later found dead in an east London graveyard, a court heard today.
Stephen Port, 40, appeared at Barkingside Magistrates Court charged with four counts of murder and four counts of administering a poison with intent to endanger life between last June and September this year.
The four men were found dead in the churchyard at St Margaret’s Church, in North Street, Barking.
The four deaths were linked together by police as possible murders on October 14.
Port stood in the dock dressed all in grey with a grey pullover tied around his waist. He was flanked by three prison officers for the five minute hearing.
There was no application for bail.
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A man has appeared in court charged with poisoning and murdering four young men.
Stephen Port, 40, is accused of killing the men, who he allegedly contacted via dating websites, between June 2014 and September this year.
Prosecutors told Barkingside magistrates he gave the men large amounts of the drug GHB.
Mr Port, of Cooke Street, Barking, east London, was remanded in custody to appear at the Old Bailey on Wednesday.
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