A man has pleaded guilty to murdering the wife and two daughters of UK racing commentator John Hunt in a crossbow attack.

Kyle Clifford, 26, from Enfield in the UK, was accused of stabbing Carol Hunt, 61 to death, and fatally shooting her daughter's Louise, 25, and Hannah Hunt, 28, with a crossbow at their family home in Bushley, Hertforshire, in July last year.

Pictures left on floral tributes at Ashlyn Close, Bushey, Hertfordshire, where Carol Hunt, 61, the wife of BBC Five Live racing commentator John Hunt, and two of their daughters, Hannah, 28, and Louise, 25, were killed in a crossbow attack at their home. Image: PA Images / Alamy. Picture date: Thursday July 11, 2024.

He pleaded guilty to two counts of possessionn of an offensive weapon, alongside the murder charges.

He denied one count of rape and will face a trial for this charge later in the year.

Clifford had tied the arms and ankles of his former partner, Louise, with duct tape before he shot her through the chest with a crossbow bolt.

Her sister, Hannah, was found in the main doorway of the home with a crossbow bolt to the chest.

She was still alive when police arrived at the property, having managed to call the emergency services, telling officers she feared she was going to die.

Their mother, Carol, sustained significant stab wounds to her knee, hands, back and torso after Clifford attacked her with a 10-inch butcher's knife.

Following the deaths, Sky Sports and BBC racing commentator John Hunt said the devestation he and his surviving daughter Amy feel "cannot be put into words".

Clifford became the subject of a manhunt for a number of hours before he was found injured in a cemetary, having shot himself in the chest with the crossbow.

Reporting by IRN.

Main image: Kyle Clifford. 10/07/2024. Image by: Herts police.