UK news Man admits attempted murder of four children in deliberate car crash Court told Owen Scott may have suffered temporary psychosis during hammer and car attack The Travellers Inn, on the A629 between Sheffield and Huddersfield. Photograph: Dave Higgens/PAA 29-year-old man has admitted trying to murder four young children by beating them with a hammer and then crashing a car into a wall. Owen Scott was arrested after the car he was driving crashed into a pub in Barnsley, south Yorkshire, on 23 August last year. Four children were in the vehicle – two girls, aged seven and eight, and two boys aged 21 months and nine months. At Sheffield crown court on Monday, Scott pleaded guilty to four counts of attempted murder and driving a vehicle dangerously before the crash at the Travellers Inn.

Source: The Guardian January 29, 2018 14:03 UTC