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Dad’s fury as ‘evil’ mum who drowned twins in bath will walk free on fifth anniversary ‘without serving a day in jail’
A DAD whose twins were drowned in the bath by their "evil" mum has spoken of his fury - as she will walk free "without serving a day in jail" on the fifth anniversary of their death.
Samantha Ford, 40, has been in a psychiatric hospital since she was jailed for drowning 23-month-old twins Jake and Chloe on Boxing Day 2018.
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The mum was deemed unfit to serve in prison - and is now set to be released on December 26, five years to the day since she killed the toddlers.
She is currently in the Trevor Gibbens psychiatric unit in Maidstone, Kent, but parole bosses have confirmed she will soon walk free.
Grieving dad Stephen Ford said: "HM Prison and Probation Service have confirmed that on December 26, 2023, this child killer will be released without serving a single day in prison.
"On the 5th anniversary, she will be released. I still can't get my divorce from this evil woman because she holds all the cards.
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"She played the system perfectly like we all knew she would."
The Ministry of Justice said: “Our thoughts remain with Mr Ford and his family given the unimaginable pain and grief they have endured.
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"Samantha Ford continues to serve the sentence that the court handed down."
Ford admitted two counts of manslaughter by diminished responsibility and was jailed for 10 years.
The mum told police she had "put them in the bath" and urged cops to head to her home in Westwood, near Margate on December 27 last year.
Officers rushed to check on the twins but found them lifeless in bed. They had been drowned in the bath.
A court heard Ford was a materialistic person who "resented losing her good lifestyle".
After Ford killed the "miracle" IVF twins she then drove into the back of a lorry without wearing a seatbelt.
"Hysterical" Ford told cops: "Just let me die. I've killed my babies. I have had a breakdown.
"I would never hurt them...they are my miracle babies. It's all a dream."
She killed the toddlers out of "anger" at her estranged husband and was "fixated" on his suffering.
A note on the table written by Samantha read: "Please forgive my crazy mind".
'CHILD KILLER'
The 38-year-old denied murder but pleaded guilty to manslaughter by diminished responsibility.
A court heard Ford killed her twins just 30 minutes after reassuring her parents they were safe with her.
Judge Andrew Edis QC said: "You knew it would devastate him and I'm sure that's one reason why you did it.
"You had killed the children within half an hour of their return to you by their grandparents.
"You killed them, dressed them, dried them and placed them back in their beds, their bodies facing away from each other towards the wall.
"You wrote the note and quickly left.
"The loss of these two young lives is a tragedy which will haunt their father and other members of two families for the rest of their lives. I accept it will also haunt you because you loved the children.
"You decided not to kill yourself and not to jump off the cliff, although that had been your plan.
"On your journey back from the cliff in your car you decided to drive in to the rear of a truck in a suicide attempt."
"This was very controlled behaviour and not impulsive or frenzied.
"You had been considering doing this for some time as your Google searches demonstrated."
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Dad Steven revealed he risks losing the home he shared with Samantha and the twins as she fights for a divorce settlement from her psychiatric unit.
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