A series of 'very stark' failures by the Probation Service contributed to the murders of a mother and three children by Damien Bendall, a coroner has concluded.
Bendall, 33, is serving a whole life sentence for murdering his 35-year-old girlfriend Terri Harris, her children, John Paul Bennett, 13, and Lacey Bennett, 11, and Lacey's friend, 11-year-old Connie Gent, in September 2021. They were attacked with a claw hammer in Killamarsh, Derbyshire, and Bendall also admitted to raping Lacey.
Bendall's history and allegations of domestic abuse against a former partner and inappropriate contact with a young girl in care were missed due to a 'failure to demonstrate sufficient professional curiosity', Mr Nieto said. 'That was an important piece of information to be prominently recorded in the probation report. 'If it had been, it appears to me inconceivable that Damien Bendall would not have been considered to be high risk to children.
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