Stephen Port, 41, was accused in 2015 of administering lethal doses of party drug GHB to four victims. The earliest alleged offence occurred between August 2011 and June 2012, and the latest alleged offence, in which Port is accused of drugging and raping a man, is said to have occurred in October 2015, days before he was arrested.
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The alleged killer appeared via video link from HMP Belmarsh to enter not guilty pleas to all 29 counts against him.
A London man already facing four separate murder charges has been charged with rape, poisoning and sexual assault charges against eight other men.
He was originally charged with four counts of murder, four of manslaughter and four of administering a poison, but at the Old Bailey on Monday prosecutors added six more counts of administering a poison, seven charges of rape and four of sexual assault.
A London man accused of poisoning four men to death with GHB after luring them to his house using gay dating apps has been charged with sex attacks on eight more people, according to reports in The Guardian.
Port was remanded in custody until a trial that is due to start on October 4.
Police launched a murder probe after four bodies were found in the space of 14 months. He was a fashion and design student at Middlesex University who was originally from Hull but was living in Barnet.
Gabriel Kovari, 22, was found by a dog walker near St Margaret’s churchyard on August 28 2014.
He was originally from Slovakia but lived in Lewisham, south London. On 20 September past year, the body of Daniel Whitworth, 21, was found in the same spot.
Just under a month later, on 20 September, the same dog walker discovered the body of Daniel Whitworth, 21, from Gravesend, Kent, near the churchyard.
Jack Taylor’s body was found last September.
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In October 2014, the Met confirmed it would refer itself to the Independent Police Complaints Commission following it’s handling of the investigation.
