Crossbow killer Kyle Clifford admits murders of wife and two daughters of BBC commentator John Hunt

Kyle Clifford has admitted murdering the woman and 2 daughters of racing commentator John Hunt successful a crossbow attack.

Clifford, 26, tied 25-year-old erstwhile spouse Louise Hunt’s arms and ankles with duct portion and changeable her done the thorax with a crossbow bolt astatine the household location successful the quiescent cul-de-sac of Ashlyn Close successful Bushey, Hertfordshire, successful July.

Her sister Hannah Hunt, 28, was recovered successful the main doorway of the location with a crossbow bolt to the thorax and was inactive live erstwhile constabulary arrived astatine the spot astatine astir 7.10pm connected July 9.

Ms Hunt’s 61-year-old parent Carol Hunt, the woman of beloved BBC 5Live racing commentator John Hunt, was stabbed by Clifford with a 10in butcher’s knife.

Clifford pleaded blameworthy to 3 counts of murder astatine Cambridge Crown Court connected Wednesday arsenic good arsenic 1 number of mendacious imprisonment against Louise Hunt, and 2 counts of possession of violative weapons – the crossbow and the knife.

Following the attacks, the Home Office said Home Secretary Yvette Cooper was urgently considering whether tougher crossbow laws were needed.

In the King’s Speech, which took spot conscionable days aft the killings, determination was nary connection to instrumentality enactment connected crossbows.

It is understood the reappraisal is ongoing and nary decisions person yet been made.

Mr Hunt returned to enactment astatine Brighton Racecourse successful September.

He told however his “knees buckled” astatine 1 constituent arsenic helium recalled a play helium spent successful Brighton with Carol soon earlier she was killed, but said helium feels she and his daughters “are with maine astatine each times”.

Mr Hunt and his 3rd girl Amy antecedently issued a connection pursuing the incident, which said: “The devastation we are experiencing cannot beryllium enactment into words.

"Amy and I are determined to instrumentality tiny steps guardant whenever we consciousness able. To that end, contiguous was a bully time and I’m grateful for it.”

Clifford, of Rendlesham Road, Enfield, northbound London, volition look a proceedings for the complaint of rape astatine the aforesaid tribunal aboriginal this year.