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Two sisters, ages four and six, have been found dead in Oak Bay and their father is in police custody.

The bodies of Chloe Berry, six, and Aubrey Berry, four, were found by police on Christmas Day in a ground-floor apartment at 1400 Beach Dr.

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Their father, Andrew Berry, 43, was taken to hospital, under police guard, with self-inflicted wounds. He was found by officers after they entered the apartment searching for the girls.

The children’s mother, Sarah Cotton, was in a bitter custody battle with Berry, her ex-partner. The pair have been estranged since 2013.

Berry had the children in his care Christmas morning but did not return them to their mother in the afternoon when he was supposed to, according to friends close to Cotton, who has worked in communications in Victoria.

Cotton went to the Oak Bay police station to report the girls as missing, and officers went to the apartment.

Photo by Victoria Times Colonist

Causes of death and the nature of Berry’s injuries have not been disclosed.