A man has been charged with the murder of four people who were stabbed to death in the same house.
28-year-old Joshua Jacques will appear before Westminster Magistrates’ Court today charged with the killings of Dolet Hill, Denton Burke, Tanysha Ofori-Akuffo, and Samantha Drummonds.
The victims - who represent three generations of the same family - were found with stab wounds at an address on Delaford Road in Bermonsey in the early hours of Monday morning.
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Jacques, of Minard Road in Lewisham, was tasered by cops before his arrest and was brought to hospital.
A brief statement issued by the Met Police this morning read: "A man will appear in court charged with the murder of four people at an address in Bermondsey.
"Joshua Jacques – 28, of Minard Road, SE6 will appear in custody at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, 28 April charged with the murders of Dolet Hill, 64, Denton Burke, 58, Tanysha Ofori-Akuffo, 45, and Samantha Drummonds, 27.
"This follows an incident at an address in Delaford Road, SE16 on Monday, 25 April.
"Jacques was charged on Thursday, 28 April following an investigation by homicide detectives from the Met’s Specialist Crime Command."
