Quadruple killer admits manslaughter of mother and three children

A quadruple killer has admitted killing a mother and three children whose bodies were found at a house in Derbyshire.

Damien Bendall, 32, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to the manslaughter of 11-year-old Lacey Bennett, her brother John Paul Bennett, 13, their mother Terri Harris, 35, and Lacey’s friend Connie Gent, also 11.

He will now face a trial on the murder charges, which is expected to begin on November 24 and to last for around three weeks.

The four victims were found dead at a house in Chandos Crescent, Killamarsh, near Sheffield, on September 19 last year.

During a day-long hearing, he also denied raping Lacey Bennett in September last year.

Other details of the hearing cannot be reported for legal reasons.

Bendall was remanded in custody until a further hearing on Friday next week.