25/04/2014

Mother Appears In Court Over Children's Deaths

A mother charged with murdering three of her children has appeared in court.

Tania Clarence appeared before magistrates on Friday morning.

She is charged with killing her four-year-old daughter and three-year-old twin boys.

She has been remanded in custody for another hearing on 29 April, it is understood.

Mrs Clarence, 42, was arrested by police after the bodies of her children were found at the family home in south-west London on Tuesday night.

Her husband, Gary, was on holiday in South Africa with the couple's eight-year-old daughter when he learned about the deaths of his other children. He arrived back in the UK on Thursday.

(JP)

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