A 26-year-old man has pleaded responsible to murdering the spouse and two daughters of Sky and BBC racing commentator John Hunt in a crossbow assault.
Kyle Clifford, from Enfield, was accused of fatally taking pictures his ex-girlfriend Louise Hunt, 25, and her sister Hannah Hunt, 28, with a crossbow and stabbing their mom Carol Hunt, 61, to loss of life at their household house in Bushey, Hertfordshire, on July 9 2024.
Clifford, who served within the army from 2019 for round three years, grew to become the topic of a manhunt for a lot of hours earlier than he was discovered injured in Lavender Hill Cemetery in Enfield, north London, after taking pictures himself within the chest with the crossbow.
Following the deaths, Mr Hunt stated the devastation he and his surviving daughter Amy really feel “cannot be put into words”.
Showing through video hyperlink at Cambridge Crown Court docket on Wednesday, Clifford pleaded responsible to 3 counts of homicide, one among false imprisonment towards Louise Hunt, and two counts of possession of offensive weapons – the crossbow and the knife.
He pleaded not responsible to a cost of raping Louise Hunt and can face trial for that cost on the similar court docket later this 12 months.
Following the assaults, the Residence Workplace stated Residence Secretary Yvette Cooper was urgently contemplating whether or not more durable crossbow legal guidelines had been wanted.
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