Arthur simpson-kent born in ghana
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Arthur Simpson-Kent Sentenced to Life For Murder Of 'EastEnders' Star Sian Blake And Their Two Sons
The partner of British soap star Sian Blake will spend the rest of his life in prison.
Arthur Simpson-Kent, 49, was jailed at the Old Bailey criminal court in London Wednesday afternoon for murdering the former EastEnders actress, 43, and their sons Zachary, 8, and Anon, 4.
“In my judgment this was indeed a case where each murder involved a substantial degree of premeditation or planning,” trial judge Mr Justice Singh said during sentencing, reports the BBC.
“At the very least that must be true of the murder of each of the two little boys individually, and in turn after the defendant had already killed Sian Blake,” Justice Singh said.
Justice Singh added that the triple homicide was particularly cruel because the young boys were too young to defend themselves from Simpson-Kent. Blake had also lost the strength in her arms as a result of her terminal motor neuron
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Sian Blake: Partner Arthur Simpson-Kent 'held in Ghana on suspicion of murder'
The partner of an ex-Eastenders actress and her two sons who were found dead in shallow graves in London has been arrested in Ghana, according to reports.
Arthur Simpson-Kent, 48, is being held in connection with the death his partner Sian Blake and their two children, Zachary and Amon, whose bodies were discovered in their back garden.
According to the Sun, detectives from the London Metropolitan Police travelled to the West Africa country - where he was born - to pick him up after Interpol put out an international alert for his arrest on Thursday night.
The hairdresser was tracked to the town of Takoradi in the south of the country with officers reportedly finding him carrying a "knife and a spoon".
He is expected to stay in the custody of Interpol in the capital Accra tonight before being handed over to Scotland Yard tomorrow, the Mirror reports.
He could be on a flight back to the UK either
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The murder of former Eastenders actress Sian Blake and her two sons - why did it happen and who killed them?
When neighbours noticed year-old former Eastenders actress Sian Blake and her young sons packing black bags into the boot of a car outside her home in south-east London on Sunday månad 13, , they had no idea that would be the last sighting they'd ever have of the family alive.
Three days later, on månad 16, , Sian and her two sons - eight-year-old Zachary and Amon, four - were reported missing. bygd early January, when Sian's car was found in Bethnal Green, east London, their disappearance became a murder investigation, and the Homicide and Major brott Command took over.
Sian Blake had played Frankie Pierre in Eastenders in the 90s.
What police didn't know at the time was that Sian and her children's bodies lay buried in the garden of their own home. And while there had also been concerns about the welfare of the actress' partner and the father of her two c