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Monaghan also denied two counts of attempted murder of a third child, who cannot be named for legal reasons. Pictured, Ruby and Logan together
He is also charged with murdering his ex-partner Evie Adams (pictured) in October 2019, but did not enter any pleas during the hearing yesterday. She was not the mother of the children
Laura Gray (right) was mother to Ruby and Logan. She is pictured with her former partner Monaghan in 2013
He is also charged with murdering his ex-partner Evie Adams in October 2019, but did not enter any pleas during the hearing yesterday.
She was not the mother of the children.
Blackburn man denies killing two of his own children
A 29-year-old man has denied killing two of his own children and attempting to murder a third child. Jordan Monaghan, of Belgrave Close, Blackburn, appeared in front of Judge Robert Altham via video link on Wednesday, where he pleaded not guilty to murdering his three-week-old daughter Ruby and 21-month-old son Logan. He also denied two counts of attempted murder of a third child, who cannot be named for legal reasons. Monaghan will stand trial at Preston Crown Court on October 4 this year, where proceedings are expected to take around 10 weeks. He is also charged with murdering his ex-partner Evie Adams, but did not enter pleas during today’s hearing.
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The murdered girlfriend and two young children of an alleged triple killer have been pictured.
Evie Adams, 23, died in unexplained circumstances on October 27, 2019, at an address in Blackburn, Lancashire.
Her partner, construction worker Jordan Monaghan, 29, has been charged with her murder, along with the murders of two of his own children, Ruby and Logan Monaghan.
Ruby was just three weeks old when she died at home on January 1, 2013.
Just eight months later, her older brother Logan, 21 months, was found unresponsive after his afternoon nap on August 17, 2013.
Following their deaths, Monaghan and his ex-fiancée Laura Gray, the children s mother, spoke of their heartbreak at losing their two young children within eight months of each other.
Trial date set for man accused of murdering his two children and ex-partner A 29-year-old man has appeared at court charged with murdering his two children, his partner and the attempted murder of another child. Jordan Monaghan, of Belgrave Close, Blackburn, appeared in front of Judge Robert Altham at Preston Crown Court on Thursday morning, when a date was set for his trial. Monaghan will stand trial at Preston Crown Court on October 4 this year, where proceedings are expected to take around 10 weeks. Monaghan has been charged with the murder of partner Evie Adams, two children, Logan and Ruby Monaghan, and two charges of attempted murder on a third child, who cannot be named for legal reasons.