A MAN has admitted killing a mum and her two-year-old child at his home.
Prosecutors allege Andrew Innes “stabbed” Bennylyn Burke, 25, and “repeatedly” struck her on the head with a hammer and knife handle instrument at his property in Troon Avenue, Dundee, between February 20 and March 5, 2021.
The 52-year-old also admitted to killing little Jellica Burke through asphyxiation.
However, Innes' defence stated that he lacked criminal responsibility for the alleged murders and that his responsibility was diminished. He denies all charges
Prosecutors claim Innes then hid their bodies under the kitchen floor of the property, with a further accusation that he also committed a catalogue of horrific sexual abuse against a seven-year-old girl he abducted.
He also faces a charge of attempting to defeat the ends of justice.
This includes a claim that he wrapped Bennylyn's body in a rubble bag, blanket and tarpaulin and then concealed the corpse in concrete under the kitchen floor at the Troon Avenue property.
Jellica’s naked body is also said to have been hidden there.
The charge also includes a claim that Innes told police investigating Bennylyn’s whereabouts that he had driven her, Jellica and another child to the Old Inns Cafe in Cumbernauld, Lanarkshire, on February 28.
He is said to have told the officers he left them with an “unknown male” and that he had no contact with them afterwards.
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At a hearing last year his defence advocate, Brian McConnachie, told the trial judge that Innes did not appreciate the wrongfulness of his actions due to a mental disorder.
Innes denies murdering the pair and the sexual offences.
The trial at the High Court in Edinburgh before Judge Lord Beckett is expected to end on Friday.
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