CRIME: Triple Murder Suspect Who Flew To Ghana To Be Extradited To UK

Simpson-Kent fled to Ghana after being interviewed by UK police

Arthur Simpson-Kent was arrested after the bodies of his girlfriend and her children were found at their home in Kent in January.

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The man accused of murdering a former EastEnders actress and her two sons is to be extradited from Ghana tonight.

Arthur Simpson-Kent will be escorted back to the UK on a British Airways flight from Accra by Metropolitan Police officers, Sky News has learned.

They arrived in Ghana on Tuesday following his arrest by local police.

The 48-year-old hairdresser is accused of killing Sian Blake and her two children, Zachary, eight, and Amon, four.

Their bodies were discovered in the garden of the family home in Erith, Kent in early January, some three weeks after they were reported missing.

Ms Blake's sons Zachary (left) and Amon

All three were found to have died of head and neck injuries.

Simpson-Kent was interviewed by police when the three disappeared, before fleeing to Ghana.

He agreed to be extradited after the British High Commission submitted a 200-page deposition to the authorities there.

It included CCTV of Simpson-Kent at his home in London after the murders and details of ATM withdrawals.

He was also captured on CCTV arriving in Ghana.

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Ms Blake had motor neurone disease - a fatal, rapidly progressing illness which affects the brain and spinal cord - and had reportedly been in a frail state before her disappearance.

She played soul singer Frankie in EastEnders in 1996, appearing in 56 episodes.

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