GUILTY UK - Bennylyn Burke, 25, & her 2 daughters (1 found alive), Kingwood, 17 Feb 2021 *arrest*

[Filbrit]

Sister of Bennylyn Burke said her 'heart has been torn by the pain' as family and friends pay tribute - The Courier

 

[Lucy6226]

I'm guessing the reason for the older child being in the care of social services is one of two reasons...

1. The family are unable to care for her, health/other children and not enough room/too elderly etc

2. The child is very traumatised and needs specialist care and support which family members can't provide at this time.

All MOO as a student Social Worker

 

[dotr]

I wish I could find the article I read earlier today but the wording made me sit up and take notice.

It said that the older daughter had been TRACED and was being supported by Social Services.

Does this mean that she was NOT found in the home with Innes? Had he "given" her to someone else?

Made my skin crawl when I read that. Anyone else thinking what I'm thinking?

MOO

rbbm. speculation, imo.
You touched on something i suspect others have suspected but only alluded to.
Either way, BB and her children have not been treated well, they did not deserve it.
Sick sadistic and weak men prey on women who only want the best for their kids.

 

[Nikynoo]

By Marriage to her sponsor, her husband who lives in North View, Staple Hill, Bristol which is shown in news articles as being her previous address in the UK before moving to the emergency homeless housing at Fairview Kingswood.

Thank you!
So was she married here in the UK or the Philippines?

 

[Filbrit]

I'm guessing the reason for the older child being in the care of social services is one of two reasons...

1. The family are unable to care for her, health/other children and not enough room/too elderly etc

2. The child is very traumatised and needs specialist care and support which family members can't provide at this time.

All MOO as a student Social Worker

1. The husband of Bennylyn is elderly ?

Bennylyn's original 2019 Northview Staple Hill address that of her sponsor since emigrating to the UK would have to be adequate.

"Under Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules, an applicant must provide evidence that there is adequate accommodation available to them, which the family owns or occupies exclusively, without recourse to public funds.

In order to assess adequacy, the accommodation must not be

• overcrowded; or
• contravene public health regulations"

Bennylyn's 2021 Bristol address 7 Fairview Court in Kingswood, is a one bedroomed flat owned and managed by Connolly and Callaghan a company that provides Emergency accommodation in Bristol and South East England. So for Bennylyn and her two Children to have become homeless and having to move in emergency accommodation from her original 2019 Northview Staple Hill address that of her sponsor since emigrating to the UK with a visa that will state 'No Recourse to Public Funds' she must have been (a) destitute or (b) particularly compelling reasons relating to the welfare of a child on account of their parent’s very low income.

Home Office Policy Equality Statement dated 6 April 2015, stated:

“From 6 April 2015, the NRPF policy states that applicants granted leave under the 10-year partner, parent or private life routes under the Immigration Rules, and those applicants granted leave outside the Rules under ECHR Article 8 on the basis of exceptional circumstances, will be granted leave with a NRPF condition (and this condition will not be lifted) unless they provide satisfactory evidence that: they are destitute, or there are particularly compelling reasons relating to the welfare of a child on account of their parent’s very low income.”

A person is considered destitute if:
“a) They do not have adequate accommodation or any means of obtaining it (whether or not their other essential living needs are met); or
b) They have adequate accommodation or the means of obtaining it, but cannot meet their other essential living needs”
"No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) applies to a person who is 'subject to immigration control' in the UK and has no entitlement to welfare benefits or public housing"

 

[Filbrit]

rbbm. speculation, imo.
You touched on something i suspect others have suspected but only alluded to.
Either way, BB and her children have not been treated well, they did not deserve it.
Sick sadistic and weak men prey on women who only want the best for their kids.

Bennylyn's address 7 Fairview Court Bristol, described in news article as 'an awful place where people want to leave', is emergency housing and that is proof of a breakdown between Bennylyn and her 'Burke' spouse visa sponsor at the Northview Staple Hil address, where there certainly is adequate accommodation.

 

[Ontario Mom]

I wish I could find the article I read earlier today but the wording made me sit up and take notice.

It said that the older daughter had been TRACED and was being supported by Social Services.

Does this mean that she was NOT found in the home with Innes? Had he "given" her to someone else?

Made my skin crawl when I read that. Anyone else thinking what I'm thinking?

MOO

The wording in foreign press always makes me sit up and take notice since the language used from one place may not mean at all, what it means in another place, somewhere else in the world. Or, it may mean exactly the same thing but use different words. Often this is exactly the case.

In this instance, I took it to mean that the 7 yr. old had been located (traced) and was being assisted (supported) by the local family/child social services. The same as any minor child here in Canada or the US, would be.

My only question now is WHY?
Why the mom?
Why the 2 year old?
Why NOT the other child?

While I'm so incredibly glad she was spared, what reasons can this man possibly give, for why he did what he did? So many lives so tragically altered forever, by his decisions.

jmo

 

[Filbrit]

Thank you!
So was she married here in the UK or the Philippines?

Because the name change to Burke, Bennylyn married to 'X' Burke, to become Bennylyn Burke, most likely in Philippines or UK but could be elsewhere. Without checking NSO in Philippines or UK Marriage records not easy to answer.

 

[Filbrit]

The wording in foreign press always makes me sit up and take notice since the language used from one place may not mean at all, what it means in another place, somewhere else in the world. Or, it may mean exactly the same thing but use different words. Often this is exactly the case.

In this instance, I took it to mean that the 7 yr. old had been located (traced) and was being assisted (supported) by the local family/child social services. The same as any minor child here in Canada or the US, would be.

My only question now is WHY?
Why the mom?
Why the 2 year old?
Why NOT the other child?

While I'm so incredibly glad she was spared, what reasons can this man possibly give, for why he did what he did? So many lives so tragically altered forever, by his decisions.

jmo

He also is a father, he has a wife and three children himself, so of course this will affect them also.

 

[Kitkat28]

Shella Aquino, sister of Bennylyn Burke, said her sibling moved to the UK from the Philippines in 2019, in search of a better life for her children.

I’m a little confused here; I’d assumed, possibly wrongly that JB was from BB’s relationship/marriage to Mr Burke given they all shared a surname. Was JB born before Bennylynn arrived in the UK then?

MOO

 

[Nikynoo]

I’m a little confused here; I’d assumed, possibly wrongly that JB was from BB’s relationship/marriage to Mr Burke given they all shared a surname. Was JB born before Bennylynn arrived in the UK then?

MOO

Me too! More information on Bennylynn's back story would help!
I am wondering whether the UK sponsor/spouse was aware of the children and was expecting them to arrive? Likewise the Defendant?
Had she packed up her home in Bristol and moved to Scotland or are they belongings still in the Bristol flat. How long had she been in temporary housing?

 

[Filbrit]

Me too! More information on Bennylynn's back story would help!
I am wondering whether the UK sponsor/spouse was aware of the children and was expecting them to arrive? Likewise the Defendant?
Had she packed up her home in Bristol and moved to Scotland or are they belongings still in the Bristol flat. How long had she been in temporary housing?

The UK sponsor spouse 'Mr X Burke' lives in Northview, Staple Hill, the first residence of Bennylyn in the UK in 2019.

Bennylyn having arrived in UK two years ago she moved from Northview Staple Hill to the Emergency Housing in Fairview Court Kingswood Last year (2020).

"As has been widely reported, Bennylyn lived in Staple Hill before moving to Kingswood last year. Bennylyn was an active member of this group and she regularly engaged with our threads and posts."

Councillor 'shocked' at death of young mum and daughter, two

 

[Filbrit]

I’m a little confused here; I’d assumed, possibly wrongly that JB was from BB’s relationship/marriage to Mr Burke given they all shared a surname. Was JB born before Bennylynn arrived in the UK then?

MOO

In newspaper articles quoting Bennylyn's brother he gives the specific name, Jellica Dakaria Aquino, so what can be understood from that is Bennylyn has given birth to Jellica in The Philippines whilst unmarried and so the baby takes the surnames of Bennylyn's mother Dakaria, and Bennylyn's father Aquino. However previously their names have been given in news articles as Burke, so very possible that the child's birth has also been registered in the UK with the fathers surname.
Application to register an overseas birth

Very odd that the Burke family are not making any press statements at all since the three went missing, that Bennylyn was in emergency housing, and that the brother gives Bennylyn's name as Aquino and the child's name as Aquino.

"Bennylyn's brother Oscar Aquino said: “Bennylyn Aquino and Jellica Dakaria Aquino, may you rest in peace in Heaven, my sister and my niece. Your family, relatives and friends still can’t believe that you are gone. "

Brother of tragic Bennylyn Burke pays tribute to 'intelligent, beautiful' sister

 

[RumorMonger]

Due to some past conversations with older men these women are VERY vulnerable and easy to target :-(

I don't follow. What is wrong with older men? Who are "these" women and what makes them vulnerable? How do you know the victim in this case is part of "these" women? What sort of "target"? Do you mean target in that all victims were targeted generically? Please expand your comment.

 

[Lusitana]

I don't follow. What is wrong with older men? Who are "these" women and what makes them vulnerable? How do you know the victim in this case is part of "these" women? What sort of "target"? Do you mean target in that all victims were targeted generically? Please expand your comment.

Older man going to Asia, namely the Philippines, searching for really young women, many of them not even fully grown women yet is well known. Many of these young women agree to get married because that will give them the chance to escape poverty and other awful living situations. We don't know if this happened to Bennylyn but it's very possible.

 

[RumorMonger]

Older man going to Asia, namely the Philippines, searching for really young women, many of them not even fully grown women yet is well known. Many of these young women agree to get married because that will give them the chance to escape poverty and other awful living situations. We don't know if this happened to Bennylyn but it's very possible.

That seems like a wild stretch given what we know - nothing. Original comment is a generic and giant leap and not helpful to the cause. IMO

 

[Nikynoo]

Older man going to Asia, namely the Philippines, searching for really young women, many of them not even fully grown women yet is well known. Many of these young women agree to get married because that will give them the chance to escape poverty and other awful living situations. We don't know if this happened to Bennylyn but it's very possible.

I agree with your comment and was actually my first train of thought. I think Bennylyn's back story will tell us a lot.

 

[Filbrit]

Older man going to Asia, namely the Philippines, searching for really young women, many of them not even fully grown women yet is well known. Many of these young women agree to get married because that will give them the chance to escape poverty and other awful living situations. We don't know if this happened to Bennylyn but it's very possible.

Income in Philippines is generally lower, the cost of living is high in relation to earnings, that's why Filipinos work overseas as OFW's, this disparity of wealth is a factor why older foreign men can abuse younger women in Philippines, in Angeles City this is quite open.

Angeles City was frequented by the Hong Kong Murderer Rurik Jutting, who murdered two Indonesian girls and put their bodies into suitcases.

" 'The sex was good, there was nothing unusual about it': Killer banker Rurik Jutting's last girlfriend escaped murder because he DUMPED her two weeks before torturing prostitutes in orgy of violence (but she still insists he was a good lover) "

Rurik Jutting's last girlfriend reveals he told her 'No babies until we get married' | Daily Mail Online

 

[dotr]

Bennylyn Burke sister says 'heart has been torn' after bodies found in Dundee
''Those who knew Ms Burke best have still been trying to comprehend what happened as they led tributes to a “wonderful mum who doted on her children”.

Bennylyn had lived in Quezon City in the Philippines before moving to the UK to give her children the best possible life she could, her family and friends explained.

During her time in Bristol the 25-year-old made friends and became a key part of the community.''

''The Bristol vigil will take place at Brandon Hill on April 10 to remember Ms Burke and Jellica.

They explained the area had been a place where they had often met for picnics and spent time together.''

 

[Kitkat28]

I wonder if the news reports have made a mistake in that case with Jellica’s surname, and just assumed it was Burke because Bennylynn was using the surname Burke.

As far as I can see, there is nothing at the moment to suggest that either of Bennylynn’s children were from her ‘marriage’ to Mr X Burke.