Joshua Jacques was born on 19 April 1994 in the United Kingdom. Publicly available information about his early life remains limited, with little detail about his family background, education, or personal relationships before the murders. Reports described him as a troubled individual, with indications of instability and prior concerns about his behavior.

By the time of the killings, Jacques was 28 years old and living in London. His connections to the victims were not fully explained in public reports, but authorities confirmed that he was familiar with the family.

In the early hours of 25 April 2022, screams rang out from a house on Delaford Road, Bermondsey, in south London. At around 1:40 a.m., police officers responded to emergency calls and forced entry into a three-bedroom terraced house. Inside, they discovered a horrific scene: the bodies of four people, all stabbed to death.

The victims were:

• A 64-year-old Jamaican woman
• Her 58-year-old partner
• Her 45-year-old daughter
• Her 28-year-old granddaughter

Neighbors reported hearing screams shortly before the police arrived. Officers arrested 28-year-old Joshua Jacques at the scene. Authorities immediately confirmed that they were not looking for any other suspects, suggesting that Jacques acted alone.

On 28 April 2022, Jacques was formally charged with four counts of murder. The case proceeded to trial at the Old Bailey in London. During the proceedings, the prosecution laid out the sequence of events, focusing on Jacques’ violent assault on the household.

After a three-week trial, the jury found Jacques guilty on 21 December 2023 of all four murders. The judge later sentenced him on 1 March 2024 to life imprisonment, with a minimum term of 46 years, one of the longest minimum terms handed down in recent years in England.