Bermondsey Stabbings: Man Charged With The murders Of Four Family Members In Southeast London

Thursday, 28 April 2022 07:54

By Sky News

A 28-year-old man has been charged with the murders of four family members in southeast London, police have said.

Joshua Jacques will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court charged with the murders of Dolet Hill, 64, Denton Burke, 58, Tanysha Ofori-Akuffo, 45, and Samantha Drummonds, 27.

Mr Burke and his partner Ms Hill were both killed at their home in Delaford Road, Bermondsey, in the early hours of Monday.

Ms Hill's daughter - Ms Ofori-Akuffo, also known as Rachquel, who lived in Kennington - and granddaughter Samantha Drummonds, 27, who lived in Forest Hill, also died at the property.

Ms Hill worked as a housekeeping assistant at Guy's and St Thomas's hospital in Westminster, central London, for 21 years before retiring in 2018.

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