Sian Blake Murder Suspect Arrested By UK Police

A man suspected of killing ex-EastEnders actress Sian Blake and her two children has been arrested by the Met Police after being extradited from Ghana.

British officers were involved in escorting Arthur Simpson-Kent on a flight from Accra to Britain and he was detained upon arrival at Heathrow Airport.

The 48-year-old hairdresser was taken to a police station in west London.

Ms Blake and her two sons Zachary, eight, and Amon, four, vanished on 13 December.

Their bodies were discovered three weeks later, buried in the garden of their family home in Erith, Kent, on 5 January.

All three were found to have died of head and neck injuries.

Simpson-Kent was interviewed by police when the three disappeared, before fleeing to Ghana.

He agreed to be extradited after the British High Commission submitted a 200-page deposition to the authorities there.

It included CCTV of Simpson-Kent at his home in London after the murders and details of ATM withdrawals.

He was also captured on CCTV arriving in Ghana.

Ms Blake had motor neurone disease - a fatal, rapidly progressing illness which affects the brain and spinal cord - and had reportedly been in a frail state before her disappearance.

She played soul singer Frankie in EastEnders in 1996, appearing in 56 episodes.

The police watchdog is investigating the way Scotland Yard handled the missing person's inquiry and why it took until early January for the actress's back garden to be thoroughly searched after murder squad detectives were called in.