Damien Bendall, 32, will be sentenced later on today
A man has admitted murdering a mother and three children whose bodies were found at a house in Derbyshire.
Bendall entered the guilty pleas at Derby Crown Court on Wednesday . He also admitted raping Lacey during what prosecuting KC Louis Mably KC told the court were “brutal, vicious and cruel attacks on a defenceless woman” and young children.Ms Harris and the children were found dead at a house in Chandos Crescent, Killamarsh, in north-east Derbyshire, near Sheffield, on September 19 last year. Bendall will be sentenced later on Wednesday.
“He also murdered Terri’s two children, by a previous partner, her 13-year-old son and 11-year-old daughter Lacey, and he murdered Connie Gent, also aged 11. She was a friend of Lacey’s who just happened that evening to be staying at Lacey’s house for a sleepover.”
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