The Latest Breaking News from Lacey Bennett

Whole-life orders: The prisoners who will die in jail

More than 60 criminals are serving a whole-life order, four of whom are being held in secure hospitals

The Independent UK · Mar 11, 2025

Women and children still at risk due to Probation Service failings, says coroner

Peter Nieto has issued a report after a series of failures were highlighted in the inquests for the victims of Damien Bendall.

The Independent UK · Nov 29, 2023

‘Stark’ failures by probation service contributed to murder of Derbyshire family

Damien Bendall killed his pregnant partner Terri Harris, her two children and one of their friends

The Guardian - UK · Oct 23, 2023

Violent killer ‘missed at least five meetings with substance misuse worker’

Damien Bendall did not tell the truth about the extent of his drug and alcohol use when he finally attended a meeting, a coroner has been told.

The Independent UK · Oct 18, 2023

‘Error of judgment’ in probation supervision of Damien Bendall, inquest hears

Damien Bendall was being supervised by an inexperienced probation officer when he murdered his partner and three children.

The Independent UK · Oct 13, 2023

Probation officer does not recall seeing claims against killer, inquests told

The officer said that ‘on reflection’ Damien Bendall should have been deemed as posing a high risk to partners and children.

The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2023

Probation services officer ‘only in role months before being given Bendall case’

She told an inquest into the deaths of his victims she would have stopped him from living with them if she had known he had made threats to kill them.

The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2023

Probation staff ‘overwhelmed’ before Killamarsh murders of woman and children

Damien Bendall killed three children and his pregnant partner after having been classed as posing a low risk of serious harm

The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2023

Violent offender’s probation officers ‘overwhelmed with work’, inquest told

Inquests into the deaths of Terri Harris, her daughter Lacey Bennett, her son John Paul Bennett, and Lacey’s friend Connie Gent, began on Monday.

The Independent UK · Oct 9, 2023

Whole-life orders: The sentence that sees criminals likely to die behind bars

Lucy Letby could join a string of the country’s most dangerous offenders if she is handed the sentence.

The Independent UK · Aug 21, 2023