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| Father Jean Say jailed for murdering his children in Southwark | Father Jean Say jailed for murdering his children in Southwark |
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| A man has been jailed for life for stabbing his son and daughter to death in their beds, while they were visiting him in south London. | A man has been jailed for life for stabbing his son and daughter to death in their beds, while they were visiting him in south London. |
| Jean Say, 62, a retired concierge, attacked Regina, eight, and Rolls, 10, at Empire Square, Southwark, in February, on a weekend access visit. | Jean Say, 62, a retired concierge, attacked Regina, eight, and Rolls, 10, at Empire Square, Southwark, in February, on a weekend access visit. |
| Say, who admitted the murders, killed the children to spite his wife who had left him earlier, the Old Bailey heard. | Say, who admitted the murders, killed the children to spite his wife who had left him earlier, the Old Bailey heard. |
| He was ordered to serve a minimum term of 30 years in prison. | |
| Court documents revealed Say called his wife after the killings and said: "I have killed your children. Come and get the bodies." | |
| 'Brutal and abhorrent' | |
| Say, originally from Ivory Coast, had slit his children's throats a day after receiving an eviction notice from the flat. | |
| Because his wife had moved out of the council flat with the children he was no longer entitled to live there. | |
| Police said the children were awake when they were attacked and had put up a struggle as they had suffered "defence wounds". | |
| Det Insp Paul Clack, from the Metropolitan Police's Child Abuse Command, said: "Say's actions were cruel, brutal and abhorrent and the sentence he received today reflects the gravity of what he has done. | Det Insp Paul Clack, from the Metropolitan Police's Child Abuse Command, said: "Say's actions were cruel, brutal and abhorrent and the sentence he received today reflects the gravity of what he has done. |
| "It cannot of course wipe away the terrible loss of these two young children. Nor can it in any way compensate for the unimaginable loss suffered by Regina and Rolls' mother who has displayed great courage, dignity and strength throughout this ordeal." | "It cannot of course wipe away the terrible loss of these two young children. Nor can it in any way compensate for the unimaginable loss suffered by Regina and Rolls' mother who has displayed great courage, dignity and strength throughout this ordeal." |