The partner of EastEnders actor Sian Blake has appeared at the Old Bailey charged with the murder of his girlfriend and their two children.
Arthur Simpson-Kent, 48, appeared in a grey sweatshirt via video link from Wandsworth prison, speaking only to confirm his name.
Blake and her sons Zachary, eight, and four-year-old Amon were found buried in the garden of their family home in Erith, Kent, on 5 January, three weeks after their disappearance was first reported.
Simpson-Kent, a hairdresser, was remanded in custody until the plea and case management hearing, set for 3 May.
Defending, Jim Sturman QC made no application for bail, and a provisional trial date was set for 4 October.
Blake played Frankie Pierre in 56 episodes of EastEnders between 1996 and 1997. She had been suffering from motor neurone disease before she died.
