UK - Four people stabbed to death in home, Bermondsey, London, 24 April 2022

[spangled]

Man held 'for killing girlfriend and three family members' had only met them a few days before' | Daily Mail Online

"...Tanysha's husband, Danny Ofori-Akuffo, said that the attacker would have been unable to leave the property because Mrs Hill locks the door before going to bed....

One of her friends had called her (Samantha) on the phone and heard a man shouting 'I want to go home' in the background. When asked who it was, she replied 'it's just my boyfriend."

I wonder if he has a very serious mental health condition, felt that he couldn't leave the property and attacked everyone inside.

It must have been absolutely terrifying for everyone in there and seems to have happened in a matter of minutes. Absolutely chilling.

 

[Sarahlou]

Man held 'for killing girlfriend and three family members' had only met them a few days before' | Daily Mail Online

"...Tanysha's husband, Danny Ofori-Akuffo, said that the attacker would have been unable to leave the property because Mrs Hill locks the door before going to bed....

One of her friends had called her (Samantha) on the phone and heard a man shouting 'I want to go home' in the background. When asked who it was, she replied 'it's just my boyfriend."

I wonder if he has a very serious mental health condition, felt that he couldn't leave the property and attacked everyone inside.

It must have been absolutely terrifying for everyone in there and seems to have happened in a matter of minutes. Absolutely chilling.

Yes after looking at his facebook I wouldn't be surprised if this turns out to be a result of a combination of mental health/drug issues.

I can't imagine the terror they all felt.

 

[Luwin]

Bermondsey: Man in court over four family members found dead

 

[Dotta]

Bermondsey: Man in court over four family members found dead

This title is so ambiguous.
At first I thought that a perp was found dead in his cell

 

[Luwin]

Bermondsey deaths: We are truly heartbroken, says family

 

[Luwin]

Bermondsey: Tributes paid to family who were fatally stabbed

Three generations of a family were found dead inside a south-east London home last month.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Ched]

Joshua Jacques, 28, pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Samantha Drummonds, 27, her mother Tanysha Drummonds, 45, grandmother Dolet Hill, 64, and Ms Hill's partner Denton Burke, 68.
They were found with stab wounds on 25 April on Delaford Road in Bermondsey, south-east London.
Mr Jacques denied four charges of murder at the Old Bailey.
He admitted manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility, but the prosecution indicated that the pleas to the lesser offence would not be accepted by the Crown and the case would go to trial.

Man admits stabbing Bermondsey family of four but denies murder

Joshua Jacques has admitted manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility.

www.bbc.com

 

[Ched]

Jacques was discovered hiding naked in the upstairs bathroom after officers found Mr Burke’s body at the foot of the stairs and those of the three women in the kitchen.

Man pleads guilty to manslaughter after 4 members of same family killed in house

Dolet Hill and her partner Denton Burke, daughter Tanysha Ofori-Akuffo, 45, and granddaughter Samantha Drummonds, 27, were found stabbed to death in their home in April

www.mirror.co.uk

 

[Ched]

Joshua Jacques pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Dolet Hill, 64; her husband, Denton Burke, 58; their daughter Tanysha Ofori-Akuffo, 45; and granddaughter Samantha Drummonds, 27.
Jacques, 28, boyfriend to Samantha, attacked three generations of Hill’s family at her terraced home in Bermondsey, south London, on Monday 25 April.
Police had been called to a disturbance at the property in the early hours of the morning and forced entry. They found Burke’s body at the foot of the stairs and the bodies of the three women in the kitchen.
They all had numerous stab wounds and were pronounced dead at the scene.
Officers discovered Jacques hiding in the upstairs bathroom. During the first court hearing in May, prosecutor Oliver Glasgow QC told how “the defendant was found naked in the bathroom upstairs having made contact with his mother”.
Jacques, from Lewisham, south-east London, was Tasered during his arrest and taken into custody at Brixton police station, where he was charged with four counts of murder.

At his first court hearing in May, Jacques gave a salute to his aunt in the public gallery and banged his chest twice as he was led away to the cells

Man admits stabbing to death four family members in London

Joshua Jacques pleads guilty to manslaughter of Dolet Hill, Denton Burke, Tanysha Ofori-Akuffo and Samantha Drummonds

www.theguardian.com

 

[Tr4cy]

I was wondering what had happened with this case & found this update. Jacques will next appear for a pre-trial review on 30th October 2023.

Knifeman who killed his girlfriend's family appears in court

Joshua Jacques, 29, took the lives of his girlfriend Samantha Drummonds and members of her family at a three-bedroom terraced home in Delaford Road, Bermondsey in April last year.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Tr4cy]

Man 'butchered girlfriend's family after accusing her step-dad of taking wallet'

Joshua Jacques told psychiatrists he was sleeping two hours a night, using MDMA and Cannabis, and 'living every day like my last' in the weeks before he slaughtered his girlfriend's family at their Bermondsey home

www.mylondon.news

 

[Luwin]

He doesn't seem to have expressed any remorse!

 

[Tortoise]

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Central Criminal Court​	7​	T20227125​	Joshua Jacques​
Details: Trial (Part Heard) - Summing Up - 11:01 Trial (Part Heard) - Prosecution Closing Speech - 11:30 Trial (Part Heard) - Case adjourned until 14:00 - 13:04 Trial (Part Heard) - JOSHUA JACQUES; Defence Closing Speech - 14:10 Trial (Part Heard) - Legal Submissions - 16:11 Trial (Part Heard) - Legal Submissions - 16:23 Trial (Part Heard) - Case adjourned until 10:00 - 16:26

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[Ched]

A man has been found guilty of murdering his girlfriend and three members of her family in a drug and alcohol-fuelled attack in south London.
Joshua Jacques, 29, killed Samantha Drummonds, 27, her mother Tanysha Ofori-Akuffo, 45, her grandmother Dolet Hill, 64, and her partner, Denton Burke, 68, in Bermondsey in April 2022.
Jacques, of Lewisham, had denied murder but admitted manslaughter.
Jurors at the Old Bailey found him guilty following a three-week trial.

Bermondsey: Joshua Jacques guilty of quadruple south London murders

Joshua Jacques, 29, killed his girlfriend and three other members of her family in April 2022.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Luwin]

Man who murdered girlfriend and three relatives as ‘sacrifice’ jailed for life

Joshua Jacques, 29, stabbed to death Samantha Drummonds and her family in their home in Bermondsey, south London,

www.bracknellnews.co.uk

A cannabis abuser who claimed he stabbed his girlfriend and three of her family members as a “sacrifice” has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 46 years for their murders.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Joshua Jacques, 29, killed Samantha Drummonds, 27, her mother Tanysha Ofori-Akuffo, 45, her grandmother Dolet Hill, 64, and her husband, Denton Burke, 68, in Bermondsey in April 2022.

The scene found by police was described as being like "a horror movie".

There was a cry of "coldblooded murderer" as Jacques was sent down.

Addressing Jacques in the Old Bailey dock during sentencing, Mr Justice Bryan said the defendant's offending had been contributed to by an increased daily intake of skunk cannabis, and that he was "well aware" of the impact on his mental health.

The judge told Jacques it was a "horrific catalogue of murders inflicted by you in the most brutal of circumstances on three generations of the same family".

"It is a salutary lesson to all those who peddle the myth that cannabis is not a dangerous drug," Mr Justice Bryan added as Jacques appeared emotionless.

Man who murdered family jailed for at least 46 years

Joshua Jacques, 29, killed his girlfriend and three other members of her family in April 2022.

www.bbc.com

 

[AcbMurders]

Man who murdered girlfriend and three relatives as ‘sacrifice’ jailed for life

Joshua Jacques, 29, stabbed to death Samantha Drummonds and her family in their home in Bermondsey, south London,

www.bracknellnews.co.uk

A cannabis abuser who claimed he stabbed his girlfriend and three of her family members as a “sacrifice” has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 46 years for their murders.

He’ll probably die in jail, but why not a full-life tariff, I wonder.