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A man beat his ex-partner to death with a machete, hammer and screwdriver and slit his baby daughter's throat before leaving a note blaming his ex for what he had done, the Old Bailey has heard.
Roland McKoy is charged with murdering Valerie Forde, 45, and 22-month-old Jahzara at the family home in Hackney, north London, on 31 March.
The brutal attack was witnessed by Mrs Forde's 28-year-old daughter Carrise.
Mr McKoy, 54, denies the murders.
Three months before the deaths, community worker Mrs Forde had ended her 18-year relationship with Mr McKoy and had set 31 March as a deadline for him to move out of the three-bedroom terrace house, the court heard.
On the day of the alleged murders, Mr McKoy had still not moved out and the argument that ensued was allegedly overheard down the phone by Ms Forde.
She heard screams from her mother and half-sister before the defendant said: "This is the destruction that you have brought on to the family", jurors heard.
The court heard the young child had seen her mother being killed before Mr McKoy slit her throat with the machete.
[Prosecutor Ed Brown QC] told jurors a note had been found on the dead woman's face that "seeks in some perverse way to blame Valerie Forde for what had happened".
The note read: "Valerie Forde you never stop playing derty ticks (sic) for many years on all people places and things you targets. Now the world must see the sudden destru..tions you creates in our families, our home and on yourself Our fame in history Roland."
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The court heard how Mrs Forde's relationship with Mr McKoy began in 1996 but hit the rocks after she discovered he was already married to a woman called Pamela McKoy.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-30377411