Arthur Simpson-Kent arrested in Ghana

Wow, the power of social media…when ITV through a friend contacted me to do some investigation into case  of the suspected killer of former EastEnders actress Sian Blake and her two sons, who fled to Ghana a few days ago, I was clueless as to how to go about it –  so I did it the good old way. I republished ITV’s story about his arrival in Ghana with a strong headline, after which someone hit me up on Facebook to say he had seen man in Busua.  I relayed the information to my friend and today, the man has been arrested in Ghana, close to where the Facebook user hinted . 

According to The Dailymail, Arthur Simpson-Kent, 48, was armed with a ‘knife and a spoon’ when he was detained in the coastal town of Takoradi, 150 miles from the Ghanian capital Accra. He was tracked down by Ghanian detectives after leaving the UK  on December 19. He has been wanted since the bodies of Ms Blake and their two sons Zachary, eight, and Amon, four, were found on Tuesday buried in shallow graves in his family’s back garden.