Man ‘shoots wife and teen daughter dead’ near pool

A worker from a builder’s merchant is believed to have shot dead his wife and daughter near a swimming pool in a small market town.

The horror unfolded near Castle Swimming Pool in Spalding, Lincolnshire, when Lance Hart, 57, killed partner Claire, 50, and 19-year-old daughter Charlotte with a shotgun, before turning the weapon on himself.

Officers and paramedics battled to save the two women who they found gravely injured at around 9am yesterday. Mr Hart was already dead, and no shots were fired by police.