UK actress slaying suspect to return from Ghana voluntarily

The principal suspect in the murder of former Eastenders star Sian Blake and her two children is to be extradited to the United Kingdom following a court hearing in Ghana.

Arthur Simpson-Kent, second right, after his appearance for extradition totBritain at the Law court complex in Accra, Ghana, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016.

The 48-year-old hairdresser said he voluntarily submitted to leave the country and that he would have previously returned to Britain had he not been arrested.

A post-mortem of Ms Blake, 43 and her two son’s bodies, which were discovered in the garden of their family home in Pembroke Grove, Erith, concluded they had died after suffering head and neck injuries.

Three weeks after their disappearance, officers admitted they had not seen or heard from Simpson-Kent since speaking to him on 16 December.

Simpson-Kent was later found to have entered Ghana on December 19.

He was also captured on CCTV arriving at Ghana airport.

The Met Police’s handling of the case has been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission.

Blake, who suffered from motor neurone disease, appeared in 56 episodes of hit BBC soap EastEnders in the mid-1990s, and her other TV work included stints in British medical dramas Casualty and Doctors, and police show The Bill.