Accused Killamarsh child killer at the Old Bailey

An alleged killer charged with the murders of a mother and three children has appeared at the Old Bailey. Damien Bendall, 32, allegedly murdered 11-year-old Lacey Bennett, her brother John Paul Bennett, 13, their mother Terri Harris, 35, and Lacey’s friend Connie Gent, 11, who was at the family’s home for a sleepover. The four bodies were discovered at a house in Chandos Crescent, Killamarsh, near Sheffield, South Yorkshire, on 19 September last year. Following the killings Jason Bennett had…