Roger Dean pleads guilty to 11 murders in Quakers Hill nursing home fire Roger Dean has pleaded guilty to murdering 11 elderly people by setting fire to a Sydney nursing home. Roger Dean, seated, is given oxygen by ambulance staff after a fire engulfed a nursing home for the elderly. Dean has pleaded guilty to murder of 11 people who died in the blaze. A FORMER nurse has pleaded guilty to 11 murders relating to the 2011 Quakers Hill nursing home fire. Roger Dean stood in the NSW Supreme Court in Sydney this morning, speaking barely above a whisper to say he was guilty of each of the charges against him. He also pleaded guilty to eight counts of causing grievous bodily harm to other residents of the Quakers Hill nursing home. Relatives of those who died in the blaze packed the court's public galleries, with some weeping openly during the hearing. Dean, who has previously pleaded guilty to stealing drugs and medical record books from the home, will now face a sentencing hearing at a future date. Three elderly residents died during the inferno Dean started on November 18, 2011, and eight died later from their injuries. They were Alma Smith, 73, Lola Bennett, 86, Neeltje Valkay, 90, Caesar Galea, 82, Urbana Alipio, 79, Ella Wood, 97, Dorothy Sterling, 80, Doris Becke, 96, Reginald Green, 87, Verna Webeck, 83 and Dorothy Wu, 85. Dean, in a black suit, stared at the ground as he entered each plea in a quiet voice. He had earlier admitted to the manslaughter of the 11 residents, but the Crown rejected those pleas. The court has previously heard Dean started the blaze at two separate points in the building, which was badly damaged. He appeared on national television in the aftermath of the blaze, describing his efforts to help rescue those trapped inside. The daughter of one of those who died in the Quakers Hill nursing home fire has said she has no feelings towards her mother's murderer. Ninety-year-old Neeltja Valkay was one of eleven people the former nurse Roger Dean pleaded guilty to killing when he deliberately lit two fires at the home in November 2011. Speaking outside the court this morning, Mrs Valkay's daughter Elly said: "There's been a lot of upheaval in our family because we miss her so much. There's been nights of no sleep, nights of taking a sleeping pill to get the nightmares out. My perfect scenario was that he'll stand up in court and say 'Guilty to all charges ... My prayers were answered. Neale Becke, whose 96-year-old mother Doris Becke died in the fire, said his mother loved kids and had "heaps of grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren." "At last we're getting justice for her," Mr Becke told reporters. Not just my mother, but all of those down there who perished in that darn fire. Gary Barnier, managing director of Domain Principal Group, which owns the nursing home, said the events of that night had caused damage to so many lives. "At least today justice has been done," an emotional Mr Barnier told reporters, adding he felt "not relief, just sadness" at the guilty pleas. Despite the heroism of staff on the night, many of them struggled with feelings of guilt after the blaze, he said. Lessons had been learnt, with fire sprinklers now mandatory across NSW, he added. "This thing that happened was the act of one man and in no way representative of the aged care sector," Mr Barnier said.