Crossbow murders: Kyle Clifford's woodland lair where he hid from police after triple slaying

Kyle Clifford, who contiguous pleaded blameworthy to the murders of Louise, Hannah and Carol Hunt, went connected the tally aft the killings and was recovered successful Lavender Hill cemetery successful Enfield, North London

This is the spot wherever triple slayer Kyle Clifford hid aft murdering his ex-girlfriend alongside her sister and mother.

Clifford was arrested the pursuing time aft helium killed 25-year-old Louise, her older sister Hannah, 28, and 61-year-old Carol Hunt. The 3 women, each household members of BBC racing commentator John Hunt, were recovered dormant astatine their location successful Bushey, Herts., connected July 9, aft Hannah called constabulary to rise the alarm.

Police past launched a large manhunt for Clifford, who was discovered successful Lavender Hill cemetery successful North London. Armed officers swarmed the site, with pictures showing him being taken distant connected a stretcher. The tribunal heard however Clifford had changeable himself successful the thorax with a crossbow.

Pictures from wrong the cemetery, wherever it's understood Clifford hid successful the undergrowth, showed equipped officers searching the greenery astir the extracurricular of the plots. A heat-seeking infrared camera helped to find him successful the wooded country aft his car was recovered outside. Clifford was aboriginal taken to infirmary for exigency surgery, and was interviewed by officers days later.

Both Louise and Hannah were killed with the crossbow, a tribunal heard, portion mum Carol was stabbed aggregate times with a 10 inch butcher's knife, suffering injuries to her torso, back, hands and knee. Older sister Hannah was discovered inactive live with a crossbow bolt successful her thorax successful the home's main doorway erstwhile constabulary arrived astatine the country that evening.

Louise meantime was bound with duct portion to her wrists and ankles and changeable done her chest. Clifford, 26, pleaded blameworthy to the 3 murders and a number of mendacious imprisonment of Louise astatine Cambridge crown tribunal connected Wednesday. He besides admitted 2 counts of possession of violative weapons, namely the crossbow and knife.

A connection aboriginal released by John Hunt, a racing pundit for 5 Live, and his 3rd girl Amy said: “The devastation we are experiencing cannot beryllium enactment into words.” Louise had precocious launched her ain business, a canine grooming steadfast called Groom and Glow, portion sister Hannah was described arsenic a "talented" beautician who besides had her ain firm.

Clifford, of Rendlesham Road, Enfield, who served successful the subject from 2019 for astir 3 years, appeared successful tribunal via video nexus connected Wednesday. He pleaded not blameworthy to a complaint of raping Louise Hunt, and is owed to spell connected proceedings implicit the rape complaint connected March 3.

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's understood the reappraisal is ongoing and nary decisions person yet been made but the findings could beryllium published soon. The erstwhile authorities looked astatine bringing successful firearms licensing-style rules successful the aftermath of an effort to termination the precocious Queen with a crossbow.

There is presently nary registration strategy for owning a crossbow, nary request for a licence and they look to beryllium readily disposable to bargain online. But it is amerciable for anyone nether 18 to bargain oregon ain one, with anyone carrying a crossbow successful nationalist without a tenable excuse facing up to 4 years down bars.