Final week’s conviction of the London guy dubbed the “Grindr serial killer” highlights the possibility of anonymous sexual encounters through cellular phone hookup apps. Such apps come in typical use within western Hollywood, where approximately 40% of this populace identifies as homosexual guys.

Stephen Port, whom English sites and papers call the “Grindr serial killer,” had been sentenced to life in jail for murdering four males he is able to came across on gay hookup apps or web sites and lured to their house with the vow of the intimate encounter. The guys had been many years 21, 22, 23 and 25. Port buried all the guys in a churchyard a 3rd of the mile from their house into the London borough of Barking. Besides the murders, Port had been discovered bad of four rapes as well as administering GHB, referred to as a “date rape” medication and utilized by some men that are gay cause a feeling of euphoria and heightened libido. It could be lethal whenever consumed with liquor.

The conviction has prompted London authorities to reassess 58 other fatalities involving GHB or comparable medications.

While Port happens to be called the Grindr serial killer, court testimony revealed which he had 18 records across 12 split sites and mobile apps, in accordance with PinkNews. Continue reading →