A man has pleaded guilty to murdering the wife and two daughters of racing commentator John Hunt in a crossbow attack.
Kyle Clifford, 26, from Enfield, was accused of stabbing Carol Hunt, 61, to death and fatally shooting Louise, 25, and Hannah Hunt, 28, with a crossbow at their family home in Bushey, Hertfordshire, on 9 July last year.
He pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of an offensive weapon, alongside the murder charges. He denied one count of rape.
Clifford had tied the arms and ankles of his former partner, Louise, with duct tape and before he shot her through the chest with a crossbow bolt.
Her sister, Hannah, was found in the main doorway of the house with a crossbow bolt to the chest. She was still alive when police arrived at the property.
Following the deaths, Sky Sports and BBC racing commentator Mr Hunt said the devastation he and his surviving daughter Amy feel “cannot be put into words”.
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