Man charged after woman and 3 children found dead in Killamarsh

A man has been remanded in custoday after being charged with murdering a woman and three children in Killamarsh.

Derbyshire Police were called at 7.26am on Sunday 19 September to concerns for safety of those at a house on Chandos Crescent.

The bodies of 35-year-old Terri Harris, her 11-year-old daughter Lacey Bennett and 13-year-old son John Paul Bennett, and Lacey’s friend Connie Gent, also 11, were found at the address.

Damien Bendall of Chandos Crescent, Killamarsh, has been charged with four counts of murder.

Bendall, who appeared in the video-link sitting on a chair and wearing a grey sweater and jogging bottoms, spoke only to confirm his name, date of birth, and his address.

The 31-year-old appeared at Southern Derbyshire Magistrates’ Court this morning (22nd September) and was remanded in custody and is expected to appear in court again on Friday.

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