Saju Chelavalel, a triple murderer, admitted to killing Anju Ashok, an NHS nurse, and her two children.
During the 12-minute hearing, Chelavalel, 52, admitted to killing Anju, her six-year-old son Jeeva Saju, and her four-year-old daughter Janvi Saju.
At their Petherton Court apartment in Kettering, the nurse and her two children were murdered.
On December 15, at around 11.15 am, police were called to the location where they discovered Ms. Asok, a nurse at Kettering General Hospital, and her children suffering from terrible wounds.
Ms Asok, who moved to the UK from Kerala in India in 2021, died at the scene while Jeeva and his sister Janvi, who both joined Kettering Park Infant Academy earlier this year, died at hospital.
Forensic post-mortem examinations found that all three died as a result of asphyxiation.
Chelavalel attended Wellingborough Magistrates’ Court on December 19, where he was remanded in custody.
He appeared at Northampton Crown Court two days later via video link.
A coroner’s inquest opened in Northampton in January heard the medical cause of death for the children had been listed as strangulation, while Ms Ashok had died of asphyxia.
The inquest was then adjourned until July 6.
Ms Ashok was described as a ‘committed and compassionate’ nurse by her colleagues at Kettering General Hospital.
Chief Executive Deborah Needham said she was ‘loved and respected by her dear friends and colleagues. All our thoughts are with her friends and family as they come to terms with this sudden loss.’
Assisted by an interpreter in the dock, Chelavalel answered ‘guilty’ to two of the counts he faced, but in relation to the charge of murdering Jeeva he replied: ‘I don’t know what happened to the children, but I plead guilty.’
Adjourning the case until July 3, Judge David Herbert KC said: ‘There can only be one sentence in law, namely a life sentence, but the judge dealing with your case on that day will have to set the appropriate minimum term.’