Stephen Port, who drugged, raped, and murdered four young gay men, will spend the rest of his life in jail.
Port, 41, was sentenced at the Old Bailey on Friday, at the culmination of one of the most complex murder investigations and trials in recent history.
The judge, Mr Justice Openshaw, told Port he would die in prison. He told the court Port had told "wicked and monstrous lies", including placing a faked suicide note on the body of one of his victims.
Port was found guilty on Wednesday of 22 offences against 11 men dating back to 2012, including the four murders. He was cleared on three counts of rape.
As Port was sentenced there were cries of "Yes!" and "Scumbag!" in the courtroom. As he was led out of court, one family member shouted "Die, you piece of shit!"
Port, seated throughout the hearing and wearing a striped shirt and tie, showed no emotion as his list of crimes was read out.
The lengthy trial heard that Port enticed young men back to his flat in Barking, east London, using various dating sites and gay hookup apps, before he drugged them and abused them while they were unconscious.
Port dumped the bodies of his four victims either outside his flat or in a nearby graveyard. They were Anthony Walgate, 23, Gabriel Kovari, 22, Daniel Whitworth, 21, and Jack Taylor, 25.
Victim impact statements from the families of each of the four murder victims were read out in court.
Whitworth's father – who was initially told his son had killed himself – said his family was facing "a life sentence, a sentence of grief".
Taylor's family said his death was a black hole "that will never be filled".
The mother of Walgate, Port's first murder victim, said his death had "devastated and broken our family".
Kovari's brother said the impact of his death "can't be described in words".
David Etherington QC, acting for Port, said that his client fell into a vortex of sexual fantasy and that "his interest went from fetish to fixation, fixation to compulsion". He argued Port did not intend to kill.
The judge said that the competence and adequacy of the police investigation into the four deaths was for others to determine.
The Metropolitan police voluntarily referred its handling of the deaths to the Independent Police Complaints Commission and has admitted that it missed potential opportunities to identify and stop Port sooner.