The UK is trying to extradite a man after his wife and two daughters are found dead in Bedfordshire.

Ndodana Mkhanyisi Tshuma has appeared in court in South Africa after his arrest on Friday night in Johannesburg A man suspected of killing his wife and two daughters in Bedfordshire has been in court in South Africa after UK authorities submitted an application to extradite him. Nothabo Zandile Tshuma, 42, and her daughters Natalie, 15, and Nala, five, were found dead by police in a house in Great Denham, near Bedford, on 6 July. The Crown Prosecution Service has authorised three murder charges against Ndodana Mkhanyisi Tshuma, 45, who is a British citizen of Zimbabwean heritage. He has appeared before magistrates in Johannesburg where he confirmed his name and was told a further court hearing would take place on 22 July. His mother and sister were seated in the court's public gallery, and Tshuma waved to his family as he was taken down to the holding cells at the end of Monday's hearing. Nothabo Zandile Tshuma and daughters Nala, five, and Natalie, 15, were found in their home on Carnoustie Drive on Monday, 6 July South African police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe explained that the court proceedings concern the extradition request and a charge of illegal possession of firearms.