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British father facing charges over deaths of two children British father facing charges over deaths of his two children
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A 48-year-old Briton living in France is expected to be formally charged later with killing his two children. A 47-year-old Briton living in France is expected to be formally charged later with killing his two children.
He was arrested after the bodies of the girl, five, and her brother, 10, were found on Saturday in a flat in Lyon. Julian Stevenson was arrested on Saturday after the bodies of the girl, aged five, and her brother, 10, were found in his flat in Lyon.
The man had been looking after them unsupervised for the first time since divorcing their French mother, the BBC's Paris correspondent said. He had been looking after the children over the weekend after separating from their French mother, it was reported.
AFP news agency reported that he would be presented to a prosecutor on Monday when he is expected to be charged. A UK Foreign Office spokesman said it was in touch with French authorities and would provide consular assistance.
According to witnesses, the mother had raised the alarm after passing her former husband on the stairs of his flat in Saint-Priest. Mr Stevenson reportedly fled the flat on roller skates but was arrested later on Saturday evening in the centre of Lyon.
He was arrested later in the centre of Lyon. BBC's Christian Fraser, in Paris, said it was a bank holiday in France but there would be a special hearing on Monday afternoon, when Mr Stevenson would be charged with second-degree murder.
The UK Foreign Office said it understood a British national had been arrested. The couple had divorced in 2010, he added.
A spokesman said: "We are in touch with the French authorities and await the outcome of their investigation. We stand ready to provide consular assistance." According to French news agency AFP, a judicial source said it was the first time the children had been left alone with their father since the start of their parents' divorce.
The British man is reported to have been living in France for some time and was unemployed. The children's mother raised the alarm on Saturday after arriving at the flat the family used to share, according to reports.
A Foreign Office spokesman said: "We are in touch with the French authorities and await the outcome of their investigation. We stand ready to provide consular assistance."
Mr Stevenson is believed to have been living in France for some time and was unemployed.