



The boyfriend of missing ex-Eastenders actress
Sian Blake has reportedly fled to Africa, as his ex-
wife claimed he was a violent coke dealer who
beat her and their daughter.
Police spoke to Arthur Simpson Kent, 48, at the
family home in Erith on Wednesday, December 16
- three days after Miss Blake and their two young
sons disappeared.
Police are investigating the murder of Sian and
their two sons Zachary, eight, and four-year-old
Amon after three bodies were discovered in the
back garden of the house in Erith, south east
London, earlier yesterday.
It has been claimed that Mr Simpson Kent is now
in Ghana after flying out via Amsterdam just
before Christmas.
A source told the Sun that 'Interpol have been
informed and there is an alert out to find him.'
On Monday, Simpson-Kent’s ex-wife Dominique
Deblieux claimed he was a violent coke dealer
who beat her and their daughter.
Speaking from her home in Cagnes-Sur-Mer,
southern France, she said:
“He smoked cocaine on many occasions
and dealt a little in it too. I’m wondering
now whether drugs lie behind what he is
supposed to have done in England.”
She added that their marriage was a “waste
of time” and he “didn’t really care” for his
daughter Isis. “He was a violent man
towards me,” she said, claiming that he had
eight children by several women.
A neighbour of Sian said the actress was wearing
dark glasses when she saw her at the start of
November.
She said: “I said ‘Hi’ but she ignored me. The talk
was she had been beaten up, that she was trying
to cover up her injuries.”
The day after Sian was last seen alive, Simpson-
kent was allegedly seen alone at the house filling
Sian’s Renault Scenic with black bin bags and the
boys failed to turn up at school.
It is believed the Samaritans alerted the police to
his well-being and when they arrived he reported
his partner and sons missing.
Last night it was reported relatives received text
messages from Sian’s phone saying she was
okay and wanted to spend one last Christmas
with the boys after she disappeared.
It is believed they were sent by Simpson-Kent
while he was in the Colchester and Cambridge
areas on the way to Glasgow, before Simpson-
Kent is believed to have fled to Ghana.
Police are understood to be probing claims he
was spotted clearing out the house with bin liners
before he disappeared and also carrying out ‘cell
site’ analysis on his mobile phone to piece
together his movements.
Det Supt Monk, from the Met Police, said: "Our
efforts are continuing to find Arthur Simpson-
Kent.
"Our appeal is to anyone who may know his
current whereabouts or can assist us in
finding him - we do need to speak to him
as a matter of urgency."
It comes as it was revealed that the Metropolitan
Police could be referred to the Independent Police
Complaints Commission over its handling of the
case.
Officers continue to be concerned for the welfare
of Arthur Simpson-Kent, 48, who is Miss Blake's
partner and father of the children.
A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "The case has
not been referred to the IPCC at this stage.
Ms Blake - who played homewrecker Frankie
Pierre in the BBC soap in the mid-1990s - was
last seen alive after visiting relatives in Leyton,
east London, with her sons on Sunday December
13th.
Sian's car was found abandoned in Bethnal
Green, east London, over the weekend.
Police say it is not known why the vehicle was
parked there and by whom.

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