Man admits triple slaying of BBC commentator's family

A man who fatally shot his ex-girlfriend and her sister with a crossbow before stabbing their mother to death has pleaded guilty to their murders - but denied raping his former partner.

- TARA COBHAM

Kyle Clifford, 26, tied his ex-girlfriend Louise Hunt's arms and ankles with duct tape and shot the 25-year-old through the chest with a crossbow bolt at the family home in the quiet cul-de-sac of Ashlyn Close in Bushey, Hertfordshire, in July.

Ms Hunt’s 61-year-old mother Carol Hunt, the wife of BBC commentator John Hunt, sustained significant stab wounds to her knee, hands, back and torso following the attack by Clifford with a 10-inch butcher’s knife.

Hannah Hunt, 28, was found in the main doorway of the house with a crossbow bolt to the chest and was still alive when police arrived at the property at around 7.10 pm on 9 July.