Detectives from the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate have charged a woman with murder after the deaths of two children in Margate.
At around 3.35am on Thursday, 27 December 2018, officers responded to a welfare concern at a property on Castle Drive.
Paramedics from the South East Coast Ambulance Service also attended the scene. The two young children were rushed to hospital but were sadly confirmed dead shortly after arrival.
Samantha Ford, 37, of Castle Drive, Margate, was arrested at the scene. On 28 December, the Crown Prosecution Service authorised charges of two counts of murder against her.
She has been remanded in custody and is due to appear before Canterbury Magistrates’ Court on Saturday, 29 December 2018.
Originally published by UKNIP.
