French man admits killing wife and four children found on Christmas Day

Man who had history of psychiatric illness said voices told him to cause harm', prosecutor in Meux says

A 33-year-old French man has admitted killing his wife and their four children, saying he heard voices telling him to cause harm", the public prosecutor said on Thursday.

French police on Tuesday arrested a man with a history of psychiatric illness on suspicion of murdering his Haitian-born wife and their children, aged nine months, and four, seven and 10 years old.