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A father who murdered his two young children in a bath has been sentenced to life in prison and ordered to serve a minimum of 35 years. Perry Samuel, 35, suffocated Caitlin, five, and three-year-old Aiden Samuel at the family home in Bodelwyddan, north Wales.Samuel, who suffers from manic depression, appeared at Mold Crown Court where he admitted killing the siblings.
The children's mother Sarah Graham was at a pop concert in Manchester with a group of friends when the killings happened,
on November 5 last year.Earlier that day, Samuel took Caitlin and Aiden to McDonald's as a treat before returning home for their routine Sunday evening bath.
At 11pm, Samuel calmly called 999 and told operators "there's a problem with the children".
Two officers arrived at the house in Coronation Close and found the youngsters lying in the bath.
They were taken to nearby Glan Clwyd Hospital where they died within an hour.
A post mortem examination revealed they had both died as a result of asphyxiation after their airways were deliberately blocked.
The pathologist also found Caitlin had suffered compression to her neck.
Perry was arrested and questioned by police for three days but refused to acknowledge he had killed his own children or give any reason why.
