A man has admitted the manslaughter of a mother and three children, but pleaded not guilty to their murders and denied raping one of the child victims.
Damien Bendall, 32, is charged with the rape and murder of Lacey Bennett, 11, as well as the murder of her brother, John Paul Bennett, 13, their mother, Terri Harris, 35, and Lacey’s friend, Connie Gent, 11.