EastEnders star planned to leave partner who murdered her and two young sons

Sian Blake had recently been diagnosed with terminal motor neurone disease and that, along with their "unhealthy" relationship, led her to consider selling their home and moving back in with her close family.

A former EastEnders actress who was battered and stabbed to death along with her two young children by her partner was planning to take them and leave him, a court has heard.

Arthur Simpson Kent killed Sian Blake, 43, and their sons, Zachary, eight, and four-year-old Amon (pictured), before burying their bodies in the garden of their home.