The Met Said Lessons Were Learned
Edward’s Case Proves They Weren’t
By Jade Blue
I sat through Edward Cornes’s inquest, and I’ve never felt such anger, frustration or sadness listening to police failures set out so starkly. A young man died in suspicious circumstances, and the investigation he deserved simply never happened.
Key evidence lost. Witnesses never interviewed. Conflicting accounts left unchallenged. And, once again, harmful assumptions about sexuality shaping the narrative instead of facts.
If the police aren’t taking a case like this seriously - a bright 19-year-old found dead, with two key witnesses giving inconsistent accounts - what hope is there for anyone seeking justice?
Edward’s family have had to fight for every scrap of information, every answer, every correction to the damaging story imposed on him. Their strength is extraordinary, but they should never have been put in this position.
And we need to say it plainly: nothing has been learned from the Stephen Port case. The warning signs were there. The patterns were there. The prejudices were there. And still, nothing changed.
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