A man has pleaded not guilty to the murders of a mother and three children in Killamarsh, Derbyshire.
During an appearance at Derby Crown Court, Damien Bendall admitted manslaughter in relation to each victim.
The 32-year-old will face trial over the murder charges on 24 November and was remanded in custody until then.
The trial is expected to take three weeks.
Bendall also pleaded not guilty to a charge alleging he raped Lacey Bennett, 11, in September last year.
Lacey and her brother John Paul Bennett, 13, their mother Terri Harris, 35, and Connie Gent, 11, were found dead at a house in Chandos Crescent, Killamarsh, near Sheffield, on 19 September last year.
Other details of the hearing cannot be reported for legal reasons.