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HE claimed he heard screaming voices, urging him to kill his children.

Feb 26 2008 by Roy Wright, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

Christopher Hawkins, of Slaithwaite, has gone on trial denying the murder of his four-year-old son Ryan and attempted murder of 14-year-old daughter Donna.

A court heard how he stabbed the youngsters to get back at his wife for having an affair.

Ryan – who had celebrated his fourth birthday only days before the attack last September – was stabbed at least nine times.

Donna survived – despite having 14 separate stab wounds.

Hawkins, 47, of Royd Street, was arrested shortly after the attack when he ordered a drink in a Slaithwaite pub and confessed.

The murder trial at Leeds Crown Court, expected to last up to 10 days, heard that Hawkins was a violent, heavy drinker.

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