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After BBC newsman John Hunt’s woman and 2 daughters were killed successful a July crossbow attack, Kyle Clifford has altered his plea from not blameworthy to guilty.
BBC Journalist’s Wife and Daughters Shot Dead With Crossbow successful Alleged Attack
John Hunt is 1 measurement person to justice.
Just implicit six months since the BBC reporter’s woman Carol Hunt, 61, and daughters Hannah, 28, and Louise, 25, were killed successful a crossbow attack carried retired astatine the family’s home, Kyle Clifford has changed his plea from not blameworthy to guilty.
While Kyle primitively pleaded not blameworthy successful December to the murders of the 3 women—an inquest obtained by The Guardian last summertime confirmed Hannah and Louise died of crossbow wounds, portion Carol died from stab wounds to her thorax and abdomen—the BBC reports that successful a virtual tribunal quality Jan. 22, Kyle has pleaded blameworthy to their murders arsenic good arsenic to mendacious imprisonment and possession of an violative weapon.
He has besides pleaded not blameworthy to a complaint of raping Louise, his ex-girlfriend, for which helium volition basal proceedings aboriginal this year, per the BBC.
On July 9, 2024, constabulary were called to the Hunt household location aft Hannah was capable to spot a telephone to instrumentality enforcement, informing them she, her sister and her parent had been changeable and supplying her code earlier the telephone chopped out, per The Guardian.
Hannah was reportedly recovered live by instrumentality enforcement upon accomplishment earlier aboriginal succumbing to her injuries.
The onslaught led to a manhunt for Kyle, 26, who was detained 2 days aboriginal having been recovered earnestly injured successful a section cemetery. According to the BBC, Kyle—who had served successful the subject for 3 years starting successful 2019—had changeable himself with a crossbow and received attraction aft being recovered for his injuries.
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At the clip of the attack, constabulary shared successful a property league they believed the onslaught to beryllium a “targeted incident” fixed Kyle’s transportation to Louise.
Following the tragic murders, John and his remaining girl Amy Hunt shared a connection with the public done John’s colleagues astatine the BBC.
“We would similar to convey radical for their benignant messages and for the enactment we person received successful caller days," the BBC shared connected behalf of the father-daughter brace July 13. "These person provided large comfortableness to america for which we are precise grateful."
Hertfordshire Police
John besides shared an further connection done chap racing commentator and person Matt Chapman, expressing his admiration for Amy’s resilience successful the look of their unimaginable tragedy.
"Amy, my eldest daughter, has been magnificently inspirational with her power and enactment for me, which I americium trying truthful hard to replicate,” John, done Matt, said that aforesaid day. “Notwithstanding the horrid evil that's swept done our lives, wreaking devastation connected an unimaginable scale, the antagonistic to that has been the breathtaking messages of support, immoderate of which are inactive to beryllium read.”
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