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| British father arrested over deaths of his two children | British father arrested over deaths of his two children |
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| A 47-year-old divorced British man living in France has been arrested on suspicion of killing his two children. | A 47-year-old divorced British man living in France has been arrested on suspicion of killing his two children. |
| Julian Stevenson's daughter, aged five, and her brother, 10, were killed with a knife and their bodies found on Saturday at their father's Lyon flat. | Julian Stevenson's daughter, aged five, and her brother, 10, were killed with a knife and their bodies found on Saturday at their father's Lyon flat. |
| He had been looking after the children over the weekend after separating from their French mother three years ago. | He had been looking after the children over the weekend after separating from their French mother three years ago. |
| Prosecutors said they were not currently charging him with murder but that "this could always change". | Prosecutors said they were not currently charging him with murder but that "this could always change". |
| A UK Foreign Office spokesman said it was in touch with French authorities and would provide consular assistance. | A UK Foreign Office spokesman said it was in touch with French authorities and would provide consular assistance. |
| According to neighbours, Mr Stevenson fled the flat on roller skates, the BBC's Paris correspondent Christian Fraser said. He was arrested later on Saturday evening in the centre of Lyon. | |
| News agency AFP said French prosecutors had not yet laid formal charges against him. | News agency AFP said French prosecutors had not yet laid formal charges against him. |
| "We are presently holding back from the charge of premeditated murder but this could always change in the light of more testimony," AFP quoted a prosecutor as saying. | "We are presently holding back from the charge of premeditated murder but this could always change in the light of more testimony," AFP quoted a prosecutor as saying. |
| "It's a bank holiday so the court house in Lyon is closed, the BBC's Christian Fraser said. "But they have to either release him or charge him within 48 hours." | "It's a bank holiday so the court house in Lyon is closed, the BBC's Christian Fraser said. "But they have to either release him or charge him within 48 hours." |
| According to AFP, a judicial source said this was the first time the children had been left alone with their father since their parents' separation. | |
| The children's mother raised the alarm on Saturday after arriving at the flat the family used to share. | The children's mother raised the alarm on Saturday after arriving at the flat the family used to share. |
| 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." | 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. | Mr Stevenson is believed to have been living in France for some time and was unemployed. |