BBC star John Hunt: ‘I still talk to my girls every day'

First interview since murders of his wife and two daughters

- JABED AHMED

BBC racing commentator John Hunt broke down in an emotional interview, opening up for the first time about the murder of his wife and two daughters.

In a heartbreaking chat alongside his surviving daughter Amy, Mr Hunt said the trio have left behind a “legacy of love”.

Kyle Clifford, 26, killed his ex-partner Louise Hunt, 25, her sister Hannah Hunt, 28, and their mother Carol Hunt, 61, in Bushey, Hertfordshire, on 9 July last year.

Speaking publicly for the first time since the murders, Mr Hunt revealed he still talks to them every day and that they had lived a life of “complete happiness”.

He told the BBC in last night’s Standing Strong: The John and Amy Hunt Interview: “From the moment I wake up, I say good morning to each of them. Sometimes I say out loud to Hannah and Louise, ‘Girls, sorry I can’t be with you. I’m with your mum at the moment.’ As I close my eyes at night, I chat to them as well. They’re very close to me all the time.”

Mr Hunt and Amy decided to speak out for the first time because they do not want to be defined by the murders. They also said the initial reporting of the deaths was inaccurate, and added to their grief, “I want to breathe life back into my mum Hannah and Louise as fully rounded people,” Amy added.