The UK national who fled to Ghana after murdering his former partner and their two children and was then later apprehended, Arthur Simpson-Kent, has received a life sentence for the murders.
The 48 year old was handed the sentence at a hearing at Old Bailey Wednesday.
Arthur Simpson-Kent, who fled to Ghana after allegedly killing his partner and her two children, and who was apprehended earlier this year, has copped to the murders.
Simpson-Kent admitted the murder of Sian Blake, the former Eastenders actress, and their two children- when he entered a guilty plea in court today (Friday).
The UK High Commissioner to Ghana, Jon Benjamin, has congratulated Ghanaian authorities for the help in the capture and extradition of suspected murderer, Arthur Simpson-Kent.
Simpson-Kent, the UK man who is suspected of killing his wife, former Eastenders actress Sian Blake, and their two children, was extradited out of Ghana on Thursday, February 11, and was set to be charged in the UK on Friday.
Arthur Simpson-Kent is the British man who was accused of killing his girlfriend, Sian Blake, a former Eastenders actress and their two children, and then fled to Ghana to hide out.
He was hiding out in the Western Region, and collaboration between Interpol and local authorities led to his arrest last month.
Arthur Simpson-Kent, suspected of killing his partner-Sian Blake, 43, a former Eastenders actress and their two children, Zachary, eight, and Amon, four has this afternoon been arrested in Ghana after fleeing UK to hide in the West African country.
Arthur Simpson-Kent was declared wanted when police found bodies of Sian, Zachary and Amon on Tuesday, buried in shallow graves in their own back yard at Erith, Kent.
According the UK’s Mirror; “Interpol put out an international alert for his arrest on Thursday night and Met officers arrived in Ghana yesterday, where Simpson-Kent was born.
