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| Killamarsh murders | |
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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°19′19″N 1°19′07″W / 53.321862°N 1.318482°W |
| Date | 18 September 2021 |
Attack type | Mass murder, rape |
| Deaths | 4 |
| Injured | 1 (the perpetrator) |
| Victims |
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| Perpetrators | Damien Bendall |
| Motive | Unknown |
| Verdict | Pleaded guilty |
| Convictions |
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| Judge | Mr Justice Sweeney |
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.[1] 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.[2][3][4] He pleaded guilty to all charges and was sentenced to a whole-life prison term on 21 December 2022.[5]
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