Man arrested for allegedly killing his girlfriend and three members of her family

Joshua Jerome Derriviere Jacques, 28, the boyfriend of one in all many victims, Samantha Drummonds, was contained within the property when police arrived at spherical 1.40am on Monday April 26. On the scene, officers found the our our bodies of Samantha, 29, her mother Tanysha Drummonds, 45, grandmother Dolet Hill, 64 and Dolet’s affiliate Denton Burke, 59.

Jacques had solely met the family for the first time on Thursday last week and had been friends with Samantha for a while, a pal of hers talked about.

Giving the first full account of what occurred contained within the property, Tanysha’s husband, Danny Ofori-Akuffo  suggested MailOnline: ‘Neighbours heard screaming and often known as the police who compelled entry as soon as they arrived and positioned him. He tried to run nevertheless was Tasered. One among many our our bodies was found lying merely behind the doorway door. I have no idea who it was.

‘Dolet locks the door sooner than she goes to mattress and takes the essential factor up alongside together with her every night so the attacker was unable to flee the house.

‘Tanysha stayed with Dolet because of she was being dealt with for many cancers. I tried calling her a few situations on Sunday night nevertheless she didn’t resolve up. She in the end answered at 11.30pm and talked about she’d dozed off on the sofa nevertheless was now heading as a lot as mattress. These have been the ultimate phrases I had alongside together with her.’

A pal of Samantha suggested the Photo voltaic: ‘He solely met the family for the first time on Thursday last week. They’d been friends for a really very long time nevertheless points modified and Samantha decided to introduce him.’

Samantha

Samantha’s stepfather Danny Ofori-Akuffo, 62, talked about: ‘I have no idea the best way I’m going to stick with out them.’

Whatever the good efforts of paramedics all 4 have been pronounced ineffective on the scene in Bermondsey, south London, all through the early hours of Monday morning.

Jacques is being dealt with in shut by Lewisham Hospital and shall be questioned by detectives. The suspected knifeman was locked inside Dolet and Denton’s three-bedroom dwelling shortly sooner than they died.

Victims Dolet Hill and Denton Burke

Neighbours heard the terrifying screams of the victims and often known as the police who smashed down the door to find a bloodbath, with our our bodies lying on the bottom – and Tasered the knifeman as he tried to flee.

Mr. Ofori-Akuffo talked about Samantha, who was staying with Dolet whereas her flat was redecorated, launched Jacques to Dolet’s dwelling on Saturday.

One among her friends had often known as her on the phone and heard an individual shouting ‘I want to go dwelling’ inside the background. When requested who it was, she replied ‘it’s merely my boyfriend.

Mr Ofori-Akuffo added: ‘I’ve in no way met him. And lots of the family know nothing about him. All everyone knows is that he was Samantha’s boyfriend, nevertheless how prolonged they’d been collectively, I have no idea. Not prolonged I really feel nevertheless I’m sure he lived near to her.’

He talked about that two cops knocked on his door at spherical 8am yesterday asking him if he had seen Samantha.

He talked about: ‘I gave the officers my wife’s amount and suggested them to call her because of she would know sooner than ringing Tanysha myself to warn her that the police have been getting in touch nevertheless I couldn’t get by.

‘I then rang her amount quite a lot of situations, often known as Dolet after which Denton nevertheless nothing. Finally I phoned Tanysha’s sister, Tracey, and he or she did the similar nevertheless couldn’t get by.

‘Anyone had suggested her that they’d seen on the data that three lady and an individual had been stabbed to dying in Bermondsey so she went to the house to confirm if each half was okay.

‘In reality, when she arrived she found the highway taped off and police all over the place. She spoke to officers on the scene, who took her to Lewisham Police Station.

‘She often known as me about 10am and requested me to meet her there. As soon as I purchased there, I was often known as in to speak to some officers and they also suggested me the horrible reality of what occurred.

‘I nonetheless cannot think about it. It hasn’t sunk in. We’re such an in depth family, we’re always collectively. All of us look out for one another.

‘I’ve misplaced one factor very explicit. Their deaths have left a niche that will not be crammed until I see all of them in heaven.’

The suspect, who’s in his twenties, knew the 4 murder victims along with recently retired NHS nurse Ms Hill, 64, a matriarch who was ‘worthwhile her battle in opposition to most cancers’ and devoted herself to charity work and her Christian faith, in line with Mail On-line.