Monday, November 06, 2006 - ...man held over child murders... :



A MAN being held by police on suspicion of murdering two young children at their home is the victims’ father, police have revealed. Perry Samuel, 35, is being quizzed after Caitlin Samuel and her brother Aidan Samuel, aged five and three, died in hospital. He is said to have lived at the family home with the children’s mother Sarah Graham in Bodelwyddan, north Wales. The family home, a red brick end-terrace on Coronation
Close, was cordoned off by police tape today.
Two children’s bicycles lay discarded outside the front door, alongside two deckchairs.
Flowers and soft toys, including a Winnie the Pooh bear, had been left by well-wishers.
A card read: “Two beautiful angels. Your beautiful smiles will be so sadly missed but will never be forgotten.”
Neighbours in the street of former Army homes spoke of their shock. John Bairstow, who has lived there for 18 years, said: “This is a family-oriented area.
“It is terribly sad news, particularly as I’m sure this little boy and girl will have been well-known to the children and other families on this street.”Reverend Berw Hughes, vicar of St Margaret’s Church, said the sense of community meant the tragedy would be felt even more keenly.

He said: “Something like this would be difficult wherever it happened, but it will hit this community very hard because it is the sort of place where people still know and talk to each other.”
Both children attended Ysgol y Faenol school. Head teacher Martin Edwards said: “Our whole school community has been deeply shocked and saddened at this tragic loss. “The two children were bright, popular and happy pupils and will be very sadly missed by their classmates and the staff at the school. Our thoughts and condolences are with the family at this time.”

A mother whose children attend the school said: “The kids were told when they arrived at school this morning. They don’t really understand what has happened, and there has been a lot of tears.
“Everybody is devastated. They were such lovely, sweet little children. You’d see them playing in the garden together. It is just unbelievable.”

Detective Superintendent John Chapman is leading the North Wales police investigation into the murders.
He said: “Shortly before 11pm last night police were called to an address in Bodelwyddan.
“Once at the property, officers searched the house and discovered two children. The children, believed to be a five-year-old girl and a three-year-old boy, were given immediate medical attention.
“The ambulance service was alerted and the two children, who were brother and sister, were taken by ambulance to Glan Clwyd Hospital.

"They were both pronounced dead at the hospital less than an hour later.“Police inquiries into the incident are well under.”He described the children’s family as “extremely traumatised“. A post mortem is due to take place, and the house has been examined for forensic clues.


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