Quadruple murderer who went on ‘horror movie’ drug-fuelled stabbing rampage is jailed for life

A quadruple murderer who went on a drug-fuelled stabbing rampage compared to a “horror movie” by the victims’ family has been jailed for life.

The Metropolitan Police found the bodies of Ms Drummonds, 27, her mother Tanysha Ofori-Akuffo, 45, also known as Rachquel, and grandmother Dolet Hill, 64, “heaped together” in the kitchen, while the body of Ms Hill’s partner, Denton Burke, 58, was found at the foot of the stairs.

After being alerted to a disturbance by a neighbour, armed officers also discovered Jacques naked and lying in the upstairs bathroom in a praying position, screaming “Allah, take me!”, “Kill me now”, “Get rid of me”, and “God please forgive me”.

However, later, at Lewisham Hospital, he said: “I ain’t even in the wrong, I did them for sacrifice”, and also warned: “I will do something stupid again.”

At the Old Bailey on Friday, Mr Justice Bryan sentenced Jacques to life imprisonment, with a minimum term of 45 years and 301 days, which takes into account time spent on remand. The judge warned the defendant: “The minimum term is just that – after it is served there is no guarantee that you’ll be released at that time or any particular time thereafter.”

Addressing Jacques in the dock, Mr Justice Bryan said he had committed a “horrific catalogue of murders… in the most brutal of circumstances on three generations of the same family”. He said Jacques’ offending had been contributed to by cannabis abuse but that he was “well aware” of the impact of it on his mental health. “You and you alone bear responsibility… for what occurred during your drug-induced psychosis,” the judge said.