Man pleads guilty to crossbow killings of BBC commentator John Hunt’s wife and daughters

A 26-year-old antheral has admitted to fatally stabbing the woman of BBC commentator John Hunt and killing his 2 big daughters with a crossbow astatine their location conscionable northbound of London past year.

Appearing via video nexus astatine Cambridge Crown Court, Kyle Clifford pleaded guilty connected Wednesday to 3 counts of murder, 1 number of mendacious imprisonment and 2 counts of possession of violative weapons.

It marked a reversal of Clifford’s archetypal plea, denying work for the slayings of 61-year-old Carol Hunt, his 25-year-old ex-girlfriend Louise Hunt and her 28-year-old sister Hannah Hunt.

From left, Carol Hunt, Hannah Hunt and Louise Hunt were killed successful their location successful Bushey, adjacent Watford.

All 3 women were found suffering superior injuries wrong their home, tucked distant successful the quiescent residential vicinity of Bushey, connected the nighttime of July 9.

Police responded to the residence astir 7 p.m., pursuing a telephone telephone from Hannah, who told them she, her parent and her sister had been shot. She said she was acrophobic “she was going to die,” Prosecutor David Burns told the Westminster Magistrates’ Court.

Despite life-saving efforts administered by constabulary and archetypal responders, Carol Hunt and her 2 daughters were pronounced dormant connected the scene. A 3rd daughter, Amy, was meantime not harmed.

The deadly unit sparked an aggravated manhunt for the killer, which culminated successful Clifford’s arrest the pursuing day. Authorities yet recovered him earnestly injured astatine Lavender Hill Cemetery adjacent his location Enfield and immoderate 15 miles distant from the transgression scene.

Clifford, who served successful the subject for astir 3 years starting successful 2019, shot himself successful the chest with the crossbow, constabulary said.

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has since said she was mulling whether tougher crossbow laws were needed, citing the deadly violence, but nary proposals person yet been enactment forward.

Crossbows are ineligible successful the U.K., albeit with strict stipulations for usage and display.

John and Carol Hunt are pictured successful an undated photo.

In aftermath of the attack, John Hunt and his surviving girl issued a statement, saying “the devastation we are experiencing cannot beryllium enactment into words.”

Hunt is simply a seasoned horse-racing commentator for the BBC and Sky Sports, his dependable known to millions done his sum of races including the Grand National.

Though pleading blameworthy to the different charges connected Wednesday, Clifford pleaded not blameworthy to a number of raping Louise Hunt. A proceedings connected that complaint is acceptable to statesman March 3.

With News Wire Services