Footage has been released showing the moment quadruple murderer and rapist Damien Bendall was arrested Read the full story here:
Terri Harris and her children John Bennett and Lacey Bennett were found dead along with Lacey's friend Connie Gent A man who murdered his pregnant partner, her two children, and another child has been sentenced to a whole-life prison term.He pleaded guilty to murdering Terri Harris, 35, her son John Bennett, 13, daughter Lacey Bennett, 11, and Lacey's 11-year-old friend Connie Gent.
"The defendant attacked them using a claw hammer which he used to hit them over the head and on the upper body," prosecution barrister Louis Mably KC told the court.Killamarsh murders: Footage shows arrest of man who murdered four In police bodycam footage played to the court, he could be seen speaking to officers outside the house, telling them calmly, "I've murdered four people", and "I'm going back to prison".
He then found Ms Harris and her daughter in the main bedroom. Terri was on the floor but Lacey was on the bed.Forensic evidence indicates that Bendall attacked and raped Lacey downstairs before moving her upstairs, where he raped her again. He was then interviewed by police, telling them: "I used a hammer. I did not realise what I did until I walked into my room and saw my missus and my daughter."
"John would not hurt a fly, literally. If he saw an insect he would carefully put it outside," he said."The man who carried out the crimes can only be described as truly evil and should never be free from incarceration, just like the families of the victims in this case will never be free from their life sentence as a result of the shocking and abhorrent crimes he committed on a defenceless woman and children," he said.
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