Inquest asked DCI Christopher Jones if initial delays were because Anthony Walgate was a young gay escort

A senior Metropolitan police officer denied “unconscious bias” affected his investigation into the death of serial killer Stephen Port’s first victim because he was “young, gay and working as an escort”.

DCI Christopher Jones, from the Met murder investigation team, declared the death of Anthony Walgate, 23, a fashion student from Hull, to be “unexplained” rather than “suspicious.” an inquest heard.

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