Arthur Simpson-Kent, 48, who was the boyfriend of former “EastEnders” actress Sian B…
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He was arrested in Ghana on 9 January (16) and appeared at a court in Accra on Wednesday (26Jan16) to face an extradition hearing, during which he agreed to submit himself to British authorities and be returned to the United Kingdom.
The hairdresser left the country days after Ms Blake and their two sons Zachary, eight, and four-year-old Amon were reported missing.
When Ghana High Court Judge Merley Wood asked if he had voluntarily made the decision, Simpson-Kent replied “yes”, adding that he had not been coerced into the decision.
Arthur Simpson-Kent after his appearance for extradition to Britain at the Law court complex in Accra, Ghana, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016. Post mortem examinations found they died from head and neck injuries. Mr Simpson-Kent arrived in Ghana the following day.
The Metropolitan Police have been criticised for the way they handled the Sian Blake case, and referred itself to the Independent Police Complaints Commission.
The bodies were only discovered after murder squad detectives had been called in.
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Miss Blake, who had motor neurone disease, played Frankie Pierre in the BBC One soap between 1996 and 1997 before going on to a number of other television roles.
