A man who has been accused of murdering a mum and her three children has also been charged with raping a child under the age of 13.
Damien Bendall, aged 31, is accused of raping and murdering Lacey Bennett, 11, after being alleged to have killed her brother John Paul Bennett, 13, their mother Terri Harris, 35, and Lacey’s friend Connie Gent, 11.
The charges have come after four bodies were discovered inside a Killamarsh property, near Sheffield, on September 19, reports Yorkshire Live.
Bendall was due to appear before Nottingham Crown Court on November 26 for a plea hearing, but the case has been adjourned until January 4 at the Crown Court in Derby.
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