Monday 9 May 2022 09:02 PM Four family members found dead at their Bermondsey home all died from 'sharp or ... trends now
Four members of a family allegedly murdered in their home all died from 'sharp or blunt force trauma', a coroner has heard.
NHS worker Dolet Hill, 64, and her partner Denton Burke, 58, were found dead in Bermondsey with Dolet’s daughter Tanysha Ofori-Akuffo, 45, and granddaughter Samantha Drummonds, 27, last month.
Joshua Jacques, 28, has been charged with all four of their murders.
Senior coroner Andrew Harris told Southwark Coroner’s Court today that a pathologist has concluded all four died from 'sharp or blunt force trauma'.
Joshua Jacques sits arms folded while appearing in the dock at Westminster Magistrates' Court, London, charged with the murders of four family members who were stabbed to death in a terraced house in south-east London
Dolet Hill (in the multi-coloured dress), her daughter Tanysha Drummonds (with her arm around her) and her other daughter Tracey Henry (pictured in a white dress)
However a second autopsy could take place after an application from Jacques’ defence team on April 28, the coroner explained.
Several members of the family attended the brief inquest opening over video link.
The coroner heard Ms Hill died of a 'sharp force injury to the chest', and Mr Burke’s cause of
