Derek Martin, 67, from Brighton was jailed for murder after a frenzied attack on his step-daughter Chloe Bashford and her husband Josh at their home - leaving their four children orphaned View 6 Images Derek Martin admitted the killings (Image: Sussex Police / SWNS)

A man who killed his stepdaughter and her husband “in quick succession”, before picking their children up from school has been jailed for life. Parents-of-four Josh Bashford, 33, and Chloe Bashford, 30, were found dead at their home in Newhaven, East Sussex, on June 9 2023. ‌

Derek Martin, 67, from Brighton, admitted manslaughter of the couple in August 2023, but denied murder . But jurors at Brighton Law Courts rejected Martin’s claims of diminished responsibility because of a mental episode, and found him

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