{"id":3948,"date":"2013-05-20T13:27:23","date_gmt":"2013-05-20T13:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigerian-newspapers\/briton-held-over-childrens-murders-in-france\/"},"modified":"2013-05-20T13:27:23","modified_gmt":"2013-05-20T13:27:23","slug":"briton-held-over-childrens-murders-in-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/briton-held-over-childrens-murders-in-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Briton held over children\u2019s murders in France"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A British man is due to be brought before a court in France where he is expected to be formally charged with the murders of his two children, Sky News reports.<\/p>\n

The man, named by the Foreign Office as Julian Stevenson, was held after the bodies of his son and daughter were found by police in his flat in Saint-Priest, a suburb of Lyon. Their throats had been slit.<\/p>\n

The children have been named in local reports as Mathew, 10, and Carla, five.<\/p>\n

Stevenson – who was said to be unemployed – had been living in France for some time, possibly around 10 years.<\/p>\n

The 47-year-old and his French ex-wife, an assistant accountant, were said to have recently gone through a bitter divorce.<\/p>\n

The children lived with her in the Isere region after she won custody.<\/p>\n

They are believed to have been staying with their father for the first time at the weekend, who had visitation rights, but only in the presence of another person.<\/p>\n

The children’s mother is said to have been worried about the visit and had come to find them when she saw her ex-husband in the stairwell of the four-storey block of flats.<\/p>\n

His clothes were reportedly stained with blood and she raised the alarm.<\/p>\n

Reports suggested she had gone to his home after he failed to return the children following the visit.<\/p>\n

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