Hollyoaks actor Callum Kerr issues statement after death of mother and her husband in France

Kerr's mother, Dawn Searle, and her partner Andrew were found dead at their rural home in south-west France on Thursday

A former Hollyoaks actor has said he is grieving the tragic loss" of his mother after she was found dead alongside her husband in France.

The bodies of Andrew Searle, a retired fraud investigator, and his wife, Dawn, a project manager, were discovered at about 12.30pm on Thursday at their home in the village of Les Pesquies, south of Villefranche-de-Rouergue. The couple had moved to south-west France from Scotland about 10 years ago.