{"id":29105,"date":"2025-03-13T08:02:19","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T12:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=29105"},"modified":"2025-03-13T08:02:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T12:02:19","slug":"crossbow-killer-kyle-clifford-jailed-for-natural-life-for-triple-murders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2025\/03\/13\/crossbow-killer-kyle-clifford-jailed-for-natural-life-for-triple-murders\/","title":{"rendered":"Crossbow killer Kyle Clifford jailed for natural life for triple murders"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A man who killed his ex-girlfriend, her sister and her mother in a crossbow attack motivated by “self pity” has been jailed for life and told he would never be released from prison.<\/b><\/p>\n

Kyle Clifford raped his former partner Louise Hunt, 25, then used a crossbow to shoot both her and her sister Hannah, 28, having already fatally stabbed their mother, 61-year-old Carol, at the family home in Bushey, Hertfordshire, in July last year.<\/p>\n

At Cambridge Crown Court, the judge Mr Justice Bennathan handed the 26-year-old three life sentences with three whole life orders.<\/p>\n

The women were the wife and daughters of BBC horse racing commentator John Hunt who, in his victim impact statement, described Clifford as a “psychopath” who was able to disguise himself as “an ordinary human being”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A tearful Mr Hunt\u00a0read out his full statement<\/a>\u00a0in court taking brief moments to regain his composure.<\/p>\n

He concluded by saying: “The screams of Hell, Kyle, I can hear them faintly now. The red carpet will come out for you.”<\/p>\n

In her victim statement, his other daughter Amy told the court Clifford was a “monster” and what he did “to my baby sister is nothing short of demonic”.<\/p>\n

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Hannah’s boyfriend, Alex Klein, also told the court Clifford was a “coward” who\u00a0would suffer a “miserable fate” for eternity.<\/a><\/p>\n

The judge said the statements had been “difficult to listen to”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Although sentences are usually passed at the end of a judge’s remarks, Mr Justice Bennathan opened his speech by saying he would impose the whole life orders to spare family and friends “any delay or suspense”.<\/p>\n

The judge addressed Clifford directly, despite the fact that the killer was not in court to hear the verdict.<\/p>\n

“You first killed [Louise and Hannah’s] mother, Carol, who even on that day showed you nothing but kindness in the moments before you attacked her,” he said.<\/p>\n

“You raped and killed Louise, who had been as gentle as she could in ending her relationship with you after your arrogance and anger proved too much for her to stand.<\/p>\n

“Then you murdered Hannah Hunt, who had done nothing to harm you other than protect her sister.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Kyle Clifford was told he would never be released from prison (Image: Hertfordshire Police)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Justice Bennathan described Clifford as a man “soaked in self-pity” who held women “in utter contempt”.<\/p>\n

Of his victims, the judge added: “They showed a gentle heroism of which you, Kyle Clifford, could only dream.”<\/p>\n

He then went into fuller details of his sentencing considerations.<\/p>\n

Clifford was also handed further sentences to be served concurrently:<\/p>\n

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