Authorities in Ghana have widened their search for the partner of a former EastEnders actress who was murdered alongside her two young sons.

The bodies of Sian Blake, 43, Zachary, eight, and Amon, four, were found at their London home on Tuesday.

Police are hunting for the children’s father, Arthur Simpson-Kent, who travelled to Ghana days after they were reported missing.

The Ghanaian Police said their help was requested two days ago.
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Detectives have been sent to the Cape Coast in the south of the country – where the extended Simpson family is from – as well as to other parts of the Atlantic shoreline.

In addition, police checks are in place on all of Ghana’s official borders.

The authorities said while there is no official immigration record of Mr Simpson-Kent leaving the country, the delay in alerting them means he may have left via the borders into Togo, Burkino Faso or the Ivory Coast.

BBC correspondent Alistair Leithead who is in Ghana said while there have been some reported sightings of him, the investigation was low-key and had not been reported in newspapers nor on television.info-bbc