MURDER

A man has been charged with murdering his wife, three young children and their grandmother at a house in Western Australia. According to BBC TV news,the bodies of Mara Lee Harvey 41, two-year-old twins Alice and Beatrix, three-year-old Charlotte, and Beverley Quinn 73, were discovered by police in Perth on Sunday. Anthony Robert Harvey 24, was charged with five counts of murder on Monday. The deaths were caused by a blunt instrument and knives, police said. Western Australia Police Commissioner Chris Dawson said it was believed that Mrs Harvey and the children had died at home, in the suburb of Bedford, on 3 September. Mrs Quinn was killed after going to the house the next day, Mr Dawson said. Police allege that Mr Harvey remained in the house for "some days" before attending a police station in Pannawonica, about 1,430km (900 miles) north of Perth, on Sunday. Ends/BBC/MM