AN evil killer has been jailed for life after killing his girlfriend and three members of her family.

       Joshua Jacques has been caged for a minimum of 46 years for the brutal stabbing of his partner Samantha Drummonds, 27, her mum Tanysha Ofori-Akuffo, 45, gran Dolet Hill, 64, and her partner Denton Burke, 58.

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       Joshua Jacques has been jailed for life after murdering four relatives Credit: Central News 5

       Samantha Drummonds was stabbed to death by Jacques in 2022 Credit: Central News 5

       Tanysha Ofori-Akuffo, Samantha's mum, was also tragically killed Credit: Central News

       Jacques claimed he stabbed all four relatives to death as part of a "sacrifice".

       His frenzied attack in Bermondsey, South London, on April 24, 2022, was fuelled by drugs and alcohol.

       The Old Bailey heard Samantha had called her friend on the morning of the horror with concerns about her boyfriend's mental state.

       In a voice note left at around 11.30am, she said: "Josh is basically getting to the point where he could basically have an episode, like I don't know what's triggered him."

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       At around 7.25pm, jurors heard she told her friend they were trying to get medication to calm Jacques down.

       Samantha then spoke to her pal just over two hours later to say "he seems calm now", it was said.

       The court heard how the following morning, Denton was found by police at the foot of the stairs with one or more knives also discovered.

       The three women were then found dead in the kitchen with multiple stab wounds.

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       Jacques, from Lewisham, South East London, previously pleaded guilty to manslaughter and denied murder.

       But today, the Old Bailey sentenced him to life for all four killings.

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       Samantha's nan Dolet Hill and her partner Denton Burke were also murdered Credit: Central News 5

       Jacques previously pleaded guilty to manslaughter Credit: Central News