GHANA: COURT KEEPS IN REMAND ARTHUR SIMPSON-KENT, ALLEGED KILLER OF UK ACTRESS SIAN BLAKE & HER TWO SONS

SIAN BLAKE AND HER SONS

ARTHUR SIMPSON-KENT

Reports have it that a Magistrate court in Accra, capital of Ghana has ordered that British citizen, Arthur Simpson-Kent be remanded in police custody on his alleged murder of his girlfriend, British actress Sian Blake and her two children in the UK before his escape to Ghana.

 

Justice Rosemond Agyirie making the order directed also that while the suspect was in the police custody he should be allowed to have free and unlimited access to his legal representatives.

The lawyer to the suspect, however, raised an objection to the ruling, averring that the order for his remand was made in error as his client should not have been detained further without a formal charge being brought against him. He stated that the rightful legal procedure for extradition as provided for under the law in Ghana was not adhered to and demanded that his client be released immediately. He said this position would be argued on the adjourned date, January 26, 2016.

It would be recalled that Arthur Simpson-Kent is alleged to have murdered the former EastEnders actress, Sian Blake and her two sons who were first declared missing only for their bodies to be later discovered buried within the premises of her apartment. Arthur after being questioned about the incident later escaped to Ghana in West Africa where he was arrested a few days after his arrival.

For now it seems neither the London Metropolitan police or the British government has made any formal request for the extradition of Mr. Simpson-Kent for the alleged murder which took place in London.

However, the matter comes up before the court on the January 26 adjourned date and the above position may have changed by then with a formal extradition request being received and the process begun to get justice served.