The heartbroken mother of a woman murdered by her abusive partner says life 'never gets easier' without her daughter and grandchildren, who he also killed.

Angela Smith's pregnant daughter Terri Harris, 35, was brutally killed by violent psychopath Damien Bendall at her home in Killamarsh, Derbys, in 2021.

Bendall – who used to live in Swindon and is now serving a whole life tariff - killed her children John Paul Bennett, 13, and Lacey Bennett, 11, who he raped as she lay dying from the attack.

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He also killed Lacey's friend Connie Gent, also 11, at a family sleepover.

Angela, 57, has since created a charity in Terri's name and creates care packages for domestic abuse survivors to keep her daughter's memory alive.

She said: "It just never gets easier, of course it doesn't. It will be three years in September and it just never gets any easier.

"But I'm doing so much for her in her name to keep me focused - she didn't die in vain."

Bendall had a history of serious and violent offences - committed in Swindon - dating back to 2004.

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Angela says her suspicions about Bendall prompted her to use the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme, known as Clare's Law, which lets people find out from police if their partner has a history of domestic violence.

But she changed her mind because she found it 'very difficult to fill out' and was concerned the police would tell Terri.

Now, thanks to campaigning from a range of people including Angela, the form is easier to fill out.

She said: “I'm happy that we've done it, but for other people. I found it so difficult so I abandoned it and that was my real argument about the form."

Angela has made more than 150 care packages for domestic abuse survivors as part of her charity Terri's Fight.

The packages include shampoo, shower gel, lip balms, a diary and a pen, conditioner and a sponge, and are given to various domestic abuse charities.

Angela, of Killamarsh, added: "I started talking to refuges and realising the difficulty that people have to get away from these relationships.

"That's why I started doing them - to give people some help. Most people go to refuges and leave with nothing.

"[Terri] would think it was amazing obviously.

"She was the kind of person who would help someone in life, if she could.

"She was quite a caring person but I think she would be very surprised because I'm a private person, so she would be very surprised that I've managed to get this up and running."