Stephen Port: Dealer who gave drugs to gay serial killer walks free from court

Guilty: Gerald Matovu, pictured, dealt drugs to serial killer Stephen Port
Met Police
Jonathan Mitchell26 April 2017
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A man who gave drugs to Grindr serial killer Stephen Port has walked free from court.

Gerald Matovu, 23, dealt the twisted murderer Class B drug mephedrone, known as Meow Meow, and GHB between July and August 2015.

Port, 42, is serving a life prison sentence for the murders of Anthony Walgate, 23, Gabriel Kovari, 22, Daniel Whitworth, 21, and Jack Taylor, 25, over a 15 month period in 2014 and 2015.

He lured victims to his flat in Barking after meeting through gay dating app Grindr, before plying his victims with lethal doses of the drugs.

Life sentence: Port was convicted of murder
Metropolitan Police

Police discovered Matovu's link to Port when they saw text messages exchanged between the pair, proving him to be one of Port’s dealers, a court heard.

In the messages, he would tell Port he had “loads of G” and ask how much the killer wanted.

Matovu was sentenced today to 12 months' community service, 150 hours of unpaid work and 40 days of drug rehabilitation.

He had pleaded guilty to the offences at Southwark Crown Court on Tuesday March 28.

During his hearing, Port, in messages to his then boyfriend, claimed Matovu was a nurse who could help with the practice of slamming - injecting drugs directly into the arm to create a longer high.

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