London man who killed four family members as ‘sacrifice’ jailed for life

Joshua Jacques, 29, murdered his girlfriend and three other people at their home in south London in 2022

A man who claimed he stabbed his girlfriend and three of her family members as a “sacrifice” has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 46 years for their murders.

Joshua Jacques, 29, had consumed drugs and alcohol when he attacked Samantha Drummonds and her family with a knife in their home in south London in April 2022, the Old Bailey heard.