Man admits Derbyshire murder of woman and three children

Damien Bendall pleads guilty to murder of Terri Harris, her children, John and Lacey, and Lacey's friend Connie Gent

Damien Bendall has pleaded guilty to the murder of a woman and three children in a series of brutal, vicious and cruel attacks" in Killamarsh last year, which included the rape of one of the children.

At Derby crown court on Wednesday, Bendall, 32, admitted murdering his pregnant partner Terri Harris, 35, and her two children from a previous relationship, John Paul Bennett, 13, and Lacey Bennett, 11, as well as Lacey's friend Connie Gent, 11. He also admitted raping Lacey.