Killamarsh murders
In the evening of 18 September 2021, Damien Bendall murdered his partner Terri Haris, her two children Lacey and John-Paul Bennet, as well as Lacey's friend Connie Gent at a residential property on Chandos Crescent in Killamarsh, Derbyshire, an outer suburb of Sheffield, South Yorkshire. He had also raped Lacey as she was dying. After being arrested the next morning, Bendall was charged with four counts of murder and later rape of a girl under 13 in connection with the incident. He pleaded guilty to all charges and was sentenced to a whole-life prison term on 21 December 2022.
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Tributes left at the police cordon on Chandos Crescent four days after the murders | |
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| Location | Chandos Crescent Killamarsh, Derbyshire (suburb of Sheffield, South Yorkshire) |
| Coordinates | 53.321862°N 1.318482°W |
| Date | 18 September 2021 |
Attack type | Mass murder, rape |
| Deaths | 4 |
| Injured | 1 (the perpetrator) |
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| Perpetrators | Damien Bendall |
| Motive | Unknown |
| Verdict | Pleaded guilty |
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| Judge | Mr Justice Sweeney |
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