The partner of former EastEnders actress Sian Blake has admitted killing her and their two children.<\/p>\n
Arthur Simpson-Kent’s lawyer told the Old Bailey that the jury would be told this at his trial in October.<\/p>\n
He is yet to enter a formal plea.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”1qGIG4rai1xuncqLeIoQGHwLK2W64ldL”]Ms Blake, 43, Zachary, eight, and Amon, four, were found at the family home in Erith, London, in January after being reported missing on 16 December.<\/p>\n
He was arrested at Heathrow Airport after being extradited from Ghana.<\/p>\n
Ms Blake played Frankie Pierre in 56 episodes of EastEnders between 1996 and 1997.<\/p>\n
She had motor neurone disease before she died.<\/p>\n
Background:<\/strong><\/p>\n Arthur Simpson-Kent was arrested on January 9<\/strong><\/a><\/span>, 2016 at Busua near Takoradi in Ghana were he was lodging.<\/p>\n This was after a joint Ghana, Interpol and British Police team laid ambush in the Western Region.<\/p>\n Reports from the United Kingdom indicated that the family of 43-year-old Sian had \u201caccused him of domestic violence\u201d only weeks before the killings<\/strong><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n