Man admits murdering mother, her two children and an 11-year-old girl in Derbyshire spree
Damien Bendall, 32, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to murdering his girlfriend Terri Harris, who was carrying a child at the time.
He also admitted murdering her 11-year-old daughter, Lacey Bennett. He raped her as she lay dying, the court heard. Bendall also killed Ms Harris's 13-year-old son John Paul Bennett and Lacey's friend Connie Gent, 11, who was staying for a sleepover. He had previously denied murder but admitted manslaughter, and changed his pleas at Derby Crown Court on Wednesday.
Prosecutor Louis Mably KC said: "The circumstances of the offences are truly hideous. These were brutal and cruel attacks on a woman and three children."
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