Damien Bendall: Man in court this morning over murder of Sheffield schoolchildren

A man accused of murdering three Sheffield schoolchildren was due to appear at court this morning to enter his pleas to the charges.
Claire Lewis
By Claire Lewis
Published 7th Mar 2022, 12:22 BST
Updated 9th Mar 2022, 10:53 BST
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Damien Bendall, aged 31, was due at Derby Crown Court last month but the hearing was pushed back to this morning due to a delay in the completion of a report needed for the case.

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Bendall is charged with four murders altogether.

Damien Bendall, who is charged with four murders and one rape after four people were found dead at a home in Killamarsh, is due to enter his pleas at Derby Crown Court on March 9 (picture: Elizabeth Cook/PA Wire)Damien Bendall, who is charged with four murders and one rape after four people were found dead at a home in Killamarsh, is due to enter his pleas at Derby Crown Court on March 9 (picture: Elizabeth Cook/PA Wire)
Damien Bendall, who is charged with four murders and one rape after four people were found dead at a home in Killamarsh, is due to enter his pleas at Derby Crown Court on March 9 (picture: Elizabeth Cook/PA Wire)

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The bodies of Terri Harris, 35 and her two children, John Paul Bennett, 13 and Lacey Bennett, 11, were found in a house in Chandos Crescent, Killmarsh, Derbyshire, last September along with the body of Lacey’s friend, Connie Gent, 11.

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Connie had been on a sleepover at Lacey’s Killamarsh home when she died.

The three children all attended Outwood Academy in Stradbroke, Sheffield.

Before that they were all primary school pupils in Woodhouse, where John Paul and Lacey used to live before moving to Killamarsh.

Connie still lived in Woodhouse.