Sian Blake's partner, Arthur Simpson-Kent, admits killing the former EastEnders actress and their two children, his lawyer has said.
The three bodies were found by police at the family home in Erith in the London borough of Bexley in January this year.
Ms Blake, who played Frankie Pierre in EastEnders in the mid-1990s, had not been seen since visiting family in east London with her sons, eight-year-old Zachary and four-year-old Amon, several weeks before their bodies were discovered.
Arthur Simpson-Kent's lawyer told the Old Bailey that the jury would be told his admission of guilt at his trial in October.
Simpson-Kent had been spoken to by officers before Christmas after his family's disappearance. He fled to Ghana shortly after and was extradited back to Britain to face trial.
Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, the head of the Metropolitan Police, has faced questions over how Simpson-Kent had been allowed to leave the country during the investigation and why it took 23 days to find their bodies in the back garden of their home.
Simpson-Kent is yet to enter a formal plea.
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