Clifford murders fuelled by Tate’s misogyny, court told

The violent misogyny promoted” by controversial social media influencer Andrew Tate fuelled” Kyle Clifford’s murderous attacks on his ex-partner and her family, a court heard.

- JOSH PAYNE

Prosecutors said the triple killer searched for Tate’s podcast less than 24 hours before he killed Louise, Carol and Hannah Hunt on 9 July last year.

Suggesting the link between the search for Tate’s podcast and the murders, as well as the rape of Louise, Alison Morgan KC said: “It’s misogynistic, trying to control Louise Hunt in the context of a final act of spite. You can see how the mind was working.”

Tate, alongside his brother Tristan Tate, are facing criminal proceedings in both Romania and the UK on charges such as human trafficking and rape – which both men “unequivocally deny” – while a criminal investigation has recently been launched into the pair in Florida.