A Nigerian woman, her two children and brother were found stabbed to death in their home in Gosforth, near Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
Detectives have, however, begun questioning a 33-year-old man, Neil Crampton, in connection with the deaths.
The UK police said all four were victims of knife attacks in separate rooms of the £350,000 semi-detached house in a tree-lined suburban street.
Officers said they received a call from a man saying he had killed his "entire family" in Newcastle.
They later found the bodies of Olufunke Sobo, 36, her brother Yemi, and her children, Abigail, 12, and Steven Crampton, five, in Hawthorn Gardens.
Neil Crampton was arrested on Tuesday and taken into custody yesterday. He had not been medically fit enough to be interviewed.
Post-mortem examinations were also taking place yesterday afternoon, and expected to continue until today, to determine how the four died.
Meanwhile, shocked children at Archibald First School and Gosforth Central Middle School where Steven and Abigail were pupils are being offered counselling.
Det Supt Steve Wade of Northumbria Police had told a press conference that the house, where the incident occurred, is owned by Sobo's mother, Tunde Sobo, who was born in Nigeria but a British citizen and has lived in the country for 50 years.
He said: "Very sadly, Tunde had just arrived back from a family holiday in Nigeria and the first she knew of the attack was when she turned up at the scene and the police cordons were in place."
Family tributes were paid to Yemi Sobo, who was well known in Newcastle as a freelance photographer working in city nightclubs.
His family said he enjoyed life and had many friends. Ms Sobo was described as a "loving mother" to her children.
In a joint statement, the children's schools said: "This is a tragic and heartbreaking event that has greatly affected the communities of both schools.
"Stephen was a very friendly boy who enjoyed school. He was popular with staff and children and he will be missed by all at Archibald.
"Abigail was a clever girl. She was always cheerful and willingly embraced all opportunities that came her way."
Hawthorn Gardens is in a quiet residential area and is made up of semi-detached homes with enclosed gardens.
Neighbours spoke of their shock when the area was cordoned off.
Jean Alexander, 89, a neighbour who heard Steven's cries yesterday morning before police arrived, said: "I thought nothing of it at the time and just assumed he was being mischievous or having a tantrum."
Elizabeth Cessford, another neighbour, recalled regularly seeing the children playing happily in their garden from her upstairs window. She said: "It is devastating. I never thought it could happen here and not to a lovely young family like that. They were a joy — the little ones.
"I watched them playing all summer from my upstairs window, which overlooks their garden. Their garden is always full of toys. They spent a lot of time jumping on their trampoline together.
"They looked a very happy, contended young family. I can't imagine what led to this or who on earth would wish to hurt them. I knew nothing of this until I went to the shops and found the whole street had been cordoned off. It's just awful."
Peter Garvey, 71, a retired gas engineer, said: "They were a nice family. The little girl in particular was lovely. She was tall for her age and a happy little thing. She used to ride her bike in the street.
"I didn't see the little boy as much as his sister, but he was a friendly little chap as well. It's such an awful thing to happen and hard to imagine why anyone would do such a thing."
Former colleagues of Sobo, from when she worked behind the counter at Gosforth Post Office, described her as a "lovely, friendly woman who adored her kids".
Friends of the Cramptons described them as a "lovely, quiet family" and Neil Crampton as a "canny lad". One said: "He has been no trouble at all since he returned to live with his mum and dad."
Det Supt Steve Wade, leading the investigation, confirmed it was being treated as a murder inquiry involving four members of the same family. He said: "I need to speak to anyone who heard any disturbances at this address either last night or early this morning."

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This is a real Disaster, I wonder how can a human with flesh and blood murder some one like him/her

That person must be heartless

May God save their soul

I feel so sad for Madam Tunde Sobo, losing two kids and two grandchildren on the same day.

I wonder why a man would come home to kill his own family and the brother that was staying with them for a short while. Even if he wanted to kill his own family, he should have spared Yemi Sobo who was only staying at his sister's while his own house was being renovated.

Maybe the guy was mad or something cuz in the news it says they are estranged.

You know all this oyinbo no play with divorce, it makes them go mad even though it happens, they don't always feel good about their patner leaving them.
May they rest in peace.

it makes no difference if they were at war. if it was a naija guy that did that, my new name at work would be killer. Now its still 419.

honestly, some people are just possessed. That was really gruelsome.

Busta:

honestly, some people are just possessed. That was really gruelsome.

I wonder ooooooooooo

The endtime is here. May The good God save us from our enemies.

sbu
I don't know where you got all that stuff about it being a boyfriend from? Also, so what if she went to clubs and had boyfriends, that doesn't make her a bad person like you seem to want to make her sound, she had been separated from her husband for four years.

Anyway, the father of the family, Neil Crampton, was arrested a few hours after the discovery of the bodies.

we can't imagine what can make a man do something like that. He must be insane.

Its really sad

The news i got was, it was the children's biological father that killed them, he has been receiving treatment for depression for many months.  I don't believe a Nigerian is capable of doing that.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18112006/344/man-court-family-murders.html

yea desiree i read it from Metro that he actually rang 999 to tell them he has killed his family,

It's such a pity, the same thing happened to a west-Indian lady, She was murdered by her white ex-husband that just got out from jail.
All i can say is, May their souls rest in peace.

Those lovely children

This is crazy so is Nigerian government carzy,just watch how this british ppl will take this issue.nigeria government sucks they dont care how their citizens are treated in another country.they just take it easy.but i think in this case i like Robert Mogabe who will definately give them a run for their money.its just a lost too many.may their soull rest in peace.

I very much feel sad and sorry for the deceased, I mean this is life, unimaginable things happen to different individuals, I just heard on radio not quite long ago the a man killed his father while preparing to go to his uncle funeral, and this happened in Nigeria. Only God knows where we are headed.

I just hope hope the U.K. government handle this case with fair justice. I am only imagining why he killed the two kids too, if he killed the mother only, we can say he did that out of anger or fury of he and his wife's seperation, but as for the two kids and there uncle thats way off heartlessness. I just hope the Family of the deceased can go on with this disheartening loss.

May the souls of the deceased rest in peace.

confusion all the way, i first heard it was the british estranged husband that killed her, 2 kids and a brother,
then I read again on this site that it was a Yoruba crazy boyfriend that killed her, 2 kids, brother and mother,
which one come be the true news here?

Just to update everyone. this is the yahoo news today

A 34-year-old man accused of murdering his two children, their mother and her brother earlier this month will stand trial next May.

Former taxi driver Neil Crampton is charged with killing his daughter, Abigail Crampton, 12, five-year-old son, Steven Crampton, his ex-partner, Funke Sobo, 36, a supermarket worker, and her brother, freelance photographer Yemi Sobo, 41.

All four died of multiple stab and slash wounds and were found at their home in Kenton, Newcastle, on November 14.

Crampton, of Winlaton, Gateshead, appeared at Newcastle Crown Court on Tuesday for a brief preliminary hearing during which no pleas were entered or the case opened.

The court set a provisional trial date of May 14.

Crampton was remanded in custody to appear back at Newcastle Crown Court for a case management hearing on January 29

@sbucareer

I wonder why some people cant simply read to comprehend before posting misleadingly, you even went as far as providing a telegraph link yet stating that the killer was the a yoruba whatever,

I wonder where you got your own version of the news from.

@gaby

I wonder where your sagacity is? Boa!!!, wake up, just don't start with me on this post. If reading English language is your problem I would conically encourage you to attend night school because it is never too late.

If you do not have something to contribute in this forum apart from reading peoples ads and provocating useless reticence you better don't EVER start with me in this forum. I am not your News paper. Go and pay an internet café shop and browse free online News paper or better buy one. Because if you have care enough in your ogogoro head you should have seen this.

sbucareer:
There is lot of correction to my post as the news keep coming in. It was talk of the day at work. I guess I must have heard something else. Please follow the news. The murderer is still not yet known

NB
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Seun, you had better warn this stupor to stay the hell away from me. Ps. Internet has given us wider audience we do not know our seniors anymore, I don't blame you.

this is really sad.

some people are just filled with evil . .
how can someone stab kids . .or even elders

I don't know where you got all that stuff about it being a boyfriend from? Also, so what if she went to clubs and had boyfriends, that doesn't make her a bad person like you seem to want to make her sound, she had been separated from her husband for four years.

why she dey jump around after she get man?

na bad thing for any decent to dey jump around men from club to club

too bad say yeye oyibo kill her sha

The news i got was, it was the children's biological father that killed them, he has been receiving treatment for depression for many months. I don't believe a Nigerian is capable of doing that.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18112006/344/man-court-family-murders.html

9ja man no fit do that kind thing.

the girls wey dey find oyibo sabi wetin dem dey find

mukina2:

some people are just filled with evil . .
how can someone stab kids . .or even elders

e too common with oyibo pipul

JustGood:

Nigeria man no fit do that kind thing.

the girls wey dey find oyibo sabi wetin them dey find

JustGood:

e too common with oyibo pipul

yea right justGood, you troll
https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-34351.0.html

LoverBwoy:

yea right justGood, you troll
https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-34351.0.html

na the same? you mumu
he kill him pikin?

asinwin online , because e no dey net u think say e no dey happen ode. abeg bad thing is a bad thing e no get category like your madness

It so bad. What kind of crime would this family have committed to warrant such painful death.

Only God who sees in secret knows the exact reason for this.

We are leaving a unsecured world.

May their gentl soul rest in perfect peace of God. God will continue to protect us from the pestilence of the day.

We are leaving in unsecured world.

May their gentle soul rest in perfect peace of God.

God will continue to protect us from the pestilence of the day.