A 28-year-old man has been charged with the murder of four family members in south-east London, police said.
Joshua Jacques, 28, is charged with stabbing Dolet Hill, 64, Denton Burke, 58, Tanisha Ofori-Akufo, 45, and Samantha Drumonds, 27.
Mr Burke and his partner, Mrs Hill, were killed at their home on Delaford Road, Bermondsey, in the early hours of Monday.
Mrs. Hill’s daughter, Mrs. Ofori-Akufo, also known as Rachkel, who lived in Kennington, and her granddaughter Samantha, who lived in Forest Hill, also died at the property.
Image: Mrs. Hill’s daughter, 45-year-old Tanisha (also known as Rachquel) Ofori-Akufo. Photo: Met Police Image: Mrs. Ofori-Akufo’s daughter, Samantha Drumonds, 27, was also found dead in the house
Neighbors said the family was “wonderful” and shocked by their deaths.
Ms. Hill worked as a housekeeper at Guy and St. Thomas Hospital in Westminster, central London, for 21 years before retiring in 2018.
Mr Burke’s sister, Juliet Hutchinson, described her brother as a “bubbly” man who “loves to cook”.
Jacques will appear in custody at the Westminster Magistrates’ Court, metropolitan police said.
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