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Mother charged with three murders | Mother charged with three murders |
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A mother has been charged with murdering three of her children who were found dead at their south-west London home. | |
Tania Clarence, 42, has been charged in relation to the deaths of a four-year-old girl and three-year-old twin boys. | Tania Clarence, 42, has been charged in relation to the deaths of a four-year-old girl and three-year-old twin boys. |
The children have been named as Olivia, Max and Ben Clarence in a statement released by solicitors. | |
Mrs Clarence is due to appear at Wimbledon Magistrates' Court on Friday. | Mrs Clarence is due to appear at Wimbledon Magistrates' Court on Friday. |
Metropolitan Police were called to the family home in Thetford Road, New Malden, at about 21:30 BST on Tuesday. | |
'Extreme tragedy' | |
Mrs Clarence was taken to hospital for treatment for minor injuries and later discharged before being arrested and taken to a south London police station. | |
Scotland Yard said post-mortem examinations on the children started at Great Ormond Street Hospital earlier on Thursday and were continuing. | Scotland Yard said post-mortem examinations on the children started at Great Ormond Street Hospital earlier on Thursday and were continuing. |
The three children had the life-limiting genetic disorder Spinal Muscular Atrophy. | |
Their father, Gary Clarence, a director at City bank Investec, was on holiday in South Africa with members of his family, including the couple's eight-year-old daughter, when he was told about the deaths of his children. | |
In a statement he said it was an "extreme tragedy" with devastating consequences. |