Soldier admits five crash deaths

Jennifer Stoddart, left, and her sister Claire were killed

An army corporal has admitted causing a road crash which killed five people, including three teenage girls.

Ben Morphey, 22, from High Street, Yoxford, Suffolk, admitted five charges of causing death by careless driving while unfit due to drink last July.

Simon Bonner, 40, and Kim Abbott, aged 41; Claire and Jennifer Stoddart, aged 18 and 15, and Carla Took, 18, died on the A12 at Blythburgh.

Morphey is due to be sentenced at Ipswich Crown Court next month.

Morphey admitted responsibility for the crash at a hearing on Friday but the judge in Ipswich banned reporting of his guilty pleas until all the families of the victims had been told of his admissions.

Ben Morphey will be sentenced at Ipswich Crown Court next month

Morphey was originally charged with causing death by dangerous driving and his trial was due to begin on Monday.

The three girls, who lived in Lowestoft, Suffolk, were returning from a Red Hot Chilli Peppers' concert in Ipswich when the crash happened.

The support band, Dirty Pretty Things, headlined a concert last year in aid of the Make Roads Safe campaign.

Mr Bonner and Ms Abbott lived in the Yoxford area.

Carl Barat, lead singer of Dirty Pretty Things, said at the time: "The deaths in Suffolk of Claire, Jennifer and Carla were so sad, such a waste of young lives, and this is happening to families every day."

The Make Roads Safe campaign calls on world leaders to take action on road traffic injuries.