A body language expert has revealed how Grindr serial killer Stephen Port betrayed his guilty conscience in interviews with police.
‘The Grindr Killer Scandal: A Faking It Special’, available to stream now on discovery+, also unveils never-before-seen stills of the murderer, who was handed a whole life term of imprisonment in 2016.
Footage from the psychopath’s interviews are examined frame by frame as the Faking It experts – behavioural specialist and body language expert Dr Cliff Lansley, linguistics professor Dawn Archer, and forensic psychologist Kerry Daynes – who collectively pinpoint the body language, vocabulary use and nervous tic which demonstrate Port’s guilt.
With additional first-hand accounts from Port’s neighbour, the documentary also analyses widespread criticism of the Met Police, who failed to join the dots to identify the common patterns and locations of the murders of the young men at the hands of Port.
HE WAS NOT FIRST ARRESTED
It was only in September 2015 after the murder of Port’s fourth victim, 25-year-old Jack Taylor, again in similar circumstances, that he was arrested on suspicion of murder and brought in for police questioning the following month.
During his interview, Port’s stomach-churning internet search history is put to him. The officer queries why Port had been searching for terms such as ‘boy’, ‘drugged’ and ‘rape‘ in the early hours of the morning, whilst at the same time it was thought that victim Jack Taylor had died or was dying. Port responds to the officer that he was ‘just generally looking for just general porn.’
Analysing the interview footage, Dr Lansley highlights Port’s high levels of anxiety when being questioned about this, rapidly shaking his leg. ‘Just look to his left arm, you can see the leg’s up and down, so this is high anxiety time. We’ve got a hand clamp underneath the table, the “minimiser” of the word “just” and a double-sided hand shrug’, he comments.
Dr Lansley points out that Port’s use of the word ‘just’ is important, as it shows he is trying to convince the officer that his internet searches were not anything untoward.
His shrug highlights how little confidence he has in what he’s saying.
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EXPERT SAID IT IS A LIE
Dr Lansley points to the cumulative effect of Port’s numerous body language tells in this interaction as a demonstration of his guilt, saying ‘we’ve also got the head shakes… six micro head shakes, ‘no’s’ contradicting the affirmative message. So with only seven seconds, from only five words – ‘just searching for random videos’ – we’ve got seven indicators of deception. This is definitely a lie.’
During the same police interview with Port in October 2015, he is also questioned about the circumstances surrounding Daniel Whitworth’s murder in September 2014.
