Ex-soldier admits killing four of his family

LONDON (Reuters) - A Gulf War veteran who suffered mental problems after leaving the army admitted on Monday shooting dead four members of his family at close range with a handgun fitted with a silencer.

David Bradley, 41, pleaded guilty to four counts of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility at Newcastle Crown Court.

The former soldier killed Peter Purcell and his wife Josephine, both aged 70, and their sons Keith, 44, and Glen, 41, at their home in Newcastle last July. They were his uncle, his aunt and two cousins and Bradley had been living with them at the time of the shootings.

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