{"id":236277,"date":"2023-12-21T14:39:50","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T14:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mystylenews.com\/?p=236277"},"modified":"2023-12-21T14:39:50","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T14:39:50","slug":"joshua-jacques-who-hid-naked-in-toilet-after-knifing-girlfriend-3-relatives-to-death-in-a-sacrifice-guilty-of-murder-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mystylenews.com\/world-news\/joshua-jacques-who-hid-naked-in-toilet-after-knifing-girlfriend-3-relatives-to-death-in-a-sacrifice-guilty-of-murder-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Joshua Jacques who hid naked in toilet after knifing girlfriend &amp; 3 relatives to death in a &#x27;sacrifice&#x27; GUILTY of murder | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A KILLER has been found guilty of murdering his girlfriend and three of her family members in a grisly &quot;sacrifice&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>Samantha Drummonds, 27, her mum Tanysha Ofori-Akuffo, 45, gran Dolet Hill, 64, and her partner Denton Burke, 58, were all killed in the frenzied attack.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-1017.png\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-1018.png\"><\/p>\n<p>Joshua Jacques, 29, has been found guilty of murder following the drug and alcohol-fuelled bloodbath in Bermondsey, South\u00a0London, on April 24 last year.<\/p>\n<p>The Old Bailey heard how the family were stabbed, cut and slashed at in the frenzied attack, which Jacques claimed was a &quot;sacrifice&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>He was found naked and lying in the upstairs bathroom in a praying position, screaming &quot;Allah, take me!&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>The killer also yelled &quot;Kill me now&quot;, &quot;Get rid of me&quot;, and &quot;God please forgive me&quot;.<\/p>\n<h2>Read more news<\/h2>\n<p><source media=\"(-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.5)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/da-bri-comp.jpg\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/da-bri-comp.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/da-bri-comp.jpg\"><\/picture><span>UNMASKED <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Brianna killers WILL be named as sentencing date for brutal murder is revealed <\/h3>\n<p><source media=\"(-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.5)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/newspress-collage-d80iqlw4z-1703084610620.jpg\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/newspress-collage-d80iqlw4z-1703084610620.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/newspress-collage-d80iqlw4z-1703084610620.jpg\"><\/picture><span>JUSTICE AT LAST <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Killer snared by undercover cop is jailed 11 years after his ex vanished<\/h3>\n<p>When he was taken to hospital for assessment, Jacques said: &quot;I ain&#x27;t even in the wrong, I did them for sacrifice.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I will do something stupid again.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Terrified Samantha had called her friend on the morning of the horror with concerns about her boyfriend&#x27;s mental state.<\/p>\n<p>In a voice note left at around 11.30am, she said: &quot;Josh is basically getting to the point where he could basically have an episode, like I don&#x27;t know what&#x27;s triggered him.&quot;<\/p>\n<h2>Most read in The Sun<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/G-_Shared-drives_SOL-Design_DAY-FOLDERS_2023_12-DEC_21_tp-composite-charles-hanson-v2.jpg\"><\/picture><span>BBC STAR CHARGED <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Bargain Hunt star Charles Hanson charged with assault &#038; 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he killed the four victims with &quot;murderous intent&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>Jacques was not &quot;substantially impaired by any psychiatric condition&quot; at the time and was able to form a &quot;rational judgment&quot;, he added.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Little said the deaths were instead the result of &quot;self-induced intoxication, taking drugs and drinking alcohol&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>He added: &quot;This, we say, led to a transient psychotic disorder not meeting the requirements for the defendant to make out a partial defence of diminished responsibility.&quot;<\/p>\n<h2>Read more on The Sun<\/h2>\n<p><source media=\"(-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.5)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/use-21-days-issue-use-860972642-1.jpg\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/use-21-days-issue-use-860972642-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/use-21-days-issue-use-860972642-1.jpg\"><\/picture><span>end of journey <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Strictly in new &#x27;feud&#x27; as THREE finalists all snub star after backstage row<\/h3>\n<p><source media=\"(-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.5)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/newspress-collage-z9d3hwqyn-1703085439218.jpg\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/newspress-collage-z9d3hwqyn-1703085439218.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/newspress-collage-z9d3hwqyn-1703085439218.jpg\"><\/picture><span>UNIMAGINABLE HEARTACHE <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Baby girl dies suddenly after morning feed just days before Xmas<\/h3>\n<p>Jacques will be sentenced on February 9.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-1022.png\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-1023.png\"><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/25127141\/joshua-jacques-guilty-murder-girlfriend-family\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A KILLER has been found guilty of murdering his girlfriend and three of her family members in a grisly &quot;sacrifice&quot;. 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