Schoolgirl gives evidence in trial of Andrew Innes, who denies murdering Bennylyn and Jellica Burke in Dundee

A schoolgirl has told a murder trial that a woman and a toddler were killed in a game of hide-and-seek and that she “should have saved them” but could not because she did not know what was happening.

Andrew Innes, 52, has admitted killing Bennylyn Burke, 25, and her daughter Jellica, two, at a house in Dundee between 20 February and 5 March 2021, but denies murdering them and has lodged a special defence of diminished responsibility.

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