article_snippet: British filmmaker Nick Broomfield claims had the police properly investigated the murders and disappearances of mostly black, female prostitutes and drug addicts lives could have been saved.
article_snippet: The police didn’t take it seriously, The police didn’t seek evidence.
article_snippet: then the area would have been closed down, police presence increased and press coverage of the incident.
article_snippet: The documentary maker said Mr Broomfield thinks some of the murders could have been avoided had police taken the disappearances and killings more seriously.
article_snippet: Mr Broomfield added: 'I definitely think women's lives could have been saved. '
article_snippet: If police had told the public in 1987 when police knew there was a serial killer who had already killed five victims, if police had told the community then I think things could have been very different and a lot of lives saved.
article_snippet: Mr Broomfield said had people been aware there was a danger people would have been more cautious about accepting lifts from people, because some of five victims were not prostitutes or drug addicts but simply those who were waiting for buses late at night.