Joshua Jacques, 28, will appear in custody in Westminster Court on Thursday on charges of killing Dolet Hill, 64, Denton Burke, 58, Tanysha Ofori-Akuffo, 45, and Samantha Drummonds, 27. It comes after police were called to report a disturbance on a rooftop home on Delaford Road, Bermondsey, at 1.40am. on Monday. Armed police broke down the door and found the family stabbed to death inside. Mr. Jacques, from Minard Road, Lewisham, was charged with homicide detective Thursday morning. Joshua Jacques, 28, of Lewisham, will stand trial in Westminster District Court on charges of killing Dolet Hill, 64, the longtime partner of Denton Burke, 58, daughter Tanysha Ofori-Akuffo, 45, and of granddaughter Samantha Drummonds, 27 years old. , who were all stabbed to death inside a rooftop house in Bermondsey (Facebook) Retired NHS worker Ms. Hill lived with her longtime partner Burke in the three-bedroom house on Delaford Road. It turned out that Ms Dramonts, the youngest member of the family who was killed, had returned home just days before the killings, as renovations were taking place at her Forest Hill apartment in Lewisham, while her mother, Ms Ofori-Akuffo he stayed there to take care of them. her own mother, who was being treated for cancer. The victims of the Bermontsey stabbing were Dolet Hill, 64, and Denton Burke, 58, who were stabbed to death at their home on Delaford Street along with two other family members. (Family Booklet / Metropolitan Police) Ms Ofori-Akuffo’s husband, Danny, said he had been “completely” devastated by his wife’s death for almost two decades. He described Ms Ofori-Akuffo as “such a beautiful woman” and said she did not know how to live without her. Samantha Drummonds was stabbed to death a few days before her 28th birthday after she went to stay at her grandmother’s house during renovations at her nearby Forest Hill apartment. (Family Booklet / Metropolitan Police) More details have also emerged about the other members of the family, including the only man killed. Denton Burke is said to have been a trained chef who moved to the UK from Jamaica 25 years ago. Tanysha Ofori-Akuffo’s husband, 45, also known as Rachquel, said he had been devastated by his wife’s death for almost two decades. (Metropolitan Police) According to Juleth Hutchinson’s sister, he and Mrs. Hill had worked at the same hospital and had been together for 16 or 17 years. She described him as “always smiling, joking and cooking” and said Ms Hill was a “wonderful, kind lady” who was “so genuine”. Mrs. Drammonts had just a few days before her 28th birthday when she was killed at her grandmother’s house.
