Triple killer's 'act of spite'

A TRIPLE killer raped his ex-girlfriend in a "violent, sexual act of spite" during an attack which saw him murder her and her sister with a crossbow and their mother with a butcher's knife, a court has heard.

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Kyle Clifford, who previously admitted three counts of murder, one of false imprisonment against Louise Hunt, and two counts of possession of offensive weapons, is being tried in his absence.

Opening the prosecution's case at Cambridge Crown Court, Alison Morgan KC told the jury: "It is not in dispute... that he murdered three members of the Hunt family - Carol, Louise and Hannah.

"It is also not in dispute that he was unlawfully in possession of a knife and a crossbow that day.

"He also accepts that he falsely imprisoned Louise Hunt during the course of the incident, restraining her against her will."