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| Roger Dean pleads guilty to Sydney nursing home murders | Roger Dean pleads guilty to Sydney nursing home murders |
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| Roger Dean has pleaded guilty to murdering 11 elderly people by setting fire to a Sydney nursing home. | Roger Dean has pleaded guilty to murdering 11 elderly people by setting fire to a Sydney nursing home. |
| Dean, 37, entered the 11 guilty pleas on the first day of his murder trial in the supreme court in Sydney on Monday. | Dean, 37, entered the 11 guilty pleas on the first day of his murder trial in the supreme court in Sydney on Monday. |
| He also pleaded guilty to eight counts of causing grievous bodily harm to other residents of the Quakers Hill nursing home. | He also pleaded guilty to eight counts of causing grievous bodily harm to other residents of the Quakers Hill nursing home. |
| Three elderly residents died during the fire Dean started on 18 November, 2011, and eight died later from their injuries. | |
| They were Alma Smith, 73, Lola Bennett, 86, Neeltje Valkay, 90, Caesar Galea, 82, Urbana Alipio, 79, Ella Wood, 97, Dorothy Sterling, 80, Doris Becke, 96, Reginald Green, 87, Verna Webeck, 83 and Dorothy Wu, 85. | |
| Dean, in a black suit, stared at the ground as he entered each plea in a quiet voice. | |
| He had earlier admitted to the manslaughter of the 11 residents but the Crown rejected those pleas. | |
| The court has previously heard Dean started the blaze at two separate points in the building, which was badly damaged. | |
| He has also pleaded guilty to two counts of stealing prescription drugs from the nursing home. | |
| Justice Megan Lathan adjourned the matter for a mention on Thursday. | |
| Outside court, family members of the victims clung to each other and wept. | |
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