Father gets life for murder of "two little angels"

LONDON, Mar 9 (Reuters) A father who murdered his two young children at their home in north Wales was jailed for life today and told he must serve at least 35 years.

Unemployed Perry Samuel, 35, suffocated his children Caitlin, 5, and Aiden, 3, described by their family as ''two little angels''.

They were found dead in the bath at the family home in the village of Bodelwyddan, near the resort of Rhyl, last November. A post mortem found they had been asphyxiated. Samuel pleaded guilty to murder at Mold Crown Court.

At the time of the killings, police said it was an isolated incident that had horrified the local community.

In a statement released by North Wales Police, the children's family said the deaths were ''incomprehensible''.

''We cannot express just how much we loved our two little angels and how grief-stricken we are,'' they said.

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