{"id":1262,"date":"2025-01-24T03:44:59","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T03:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/man-admits-to-murders-in-crossbow-attack-on-bbc-presenters-family-in-u-k\/"},"modified":"2025-01-24T03:44:59","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T03:44:59","slug":"man-admits-to-murders-in-crossbow-attack-on-bbc-presenters-family-in-u-k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/man-admits-to-murders-in-crossbow-attack-on-bbc-presenters-family-in-u-k\/","title":{"rendered":"Man admits to murders in crossbow attack on BBC presenter&#8217;s family in U.K."},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><em>London<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 A 26-year-old man pleaded guilty Wednesday to the murder of a mother and two of her daughters at their family home just north of London last year, in an <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/uk-triple-murder-crossbow-manhunt-bushey-hertfordshire\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">attack that involved a crossbow and a knife<\/a><\/span>. Prosecutors said Kyle Clifford killed his 25-year-old ex-girlfriend Louise Hunt and her 28-year-old sister Hannah Hunt with a crossbow before stabbing their mother, Carol Hunt, 61, to death on July 9.<\/p>\n<p> Appearing via video link at Cambridge Crown Court, Clifford admitted to three counts of murder, one of false imprisonment and two counts of possession of offensive weapons \u2014 the crossbow and a 10-inch knife. He pleaded not guilty to a charge of raping Louise Hunt.<\/p>\n<p> The three women, who are the family of well-known BBC radio racing commentator John Hunt, were found with serious injuries at their home in the quiet residential neighborhood of Bushey, northeast of the capital.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\"><span class=\"img embed__content\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" alt=\"Bushey triple murder \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/07\/11\/cdf7ee58-1f55-4ad3-ac3d-9b0d49a228ea\/thumbnail\/620x413\/052eeb731c16aab1d61b5fcf7c30be02\/uk-crossbow-murders-2160941302.jpg?v=e306e7b9fefc168c00baa623d76d1eaf 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/07\/11\/cdf7ee58-1f55-4ad3-ac3d-9b0d49a228ea\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/e2d56b393be481b94ad723b2e541317c\/uk-crossbow-murders-2160941302.jpg?v=e306e7b9fefc168c00baa623d76d1eaf 2x\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><span class=\"embed__caption\">Pictures left on floral tributes in Bushey, Hertfordshire, just north of London, 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, are seen the following day, July 11, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Jonathan Brady\/PA Images\/Getty<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Police and ambulance crews tried to save the three women, but they were pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Police launched a manhunt for the suspect before he was found injured in a cemetery in Enfield, north London.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Clifford, who served in the military from 2019 for around three years, had shot himself in the chest with the crossbow.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\"><span class=\"img embed__content\"><img alt=\"Britain Women Killed \" height=\"394\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/07\/10\/f3580864-96ff-4598-a0fa-a4fad1330511\/thumbnail\/620x394\/34f9901f2117dbdf45d6343f0cc07a10\/ap24192291410697.jpg?v=e306e7b9fefc168c00baa623d76d1eaf 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/07\/10\/f3580864-96ff-4598-a0fa-a4fad1330511\/thumbnail\/1240x788\/800aa4a7724f1c2514af111d9946b7af\/ap24192291410697.jpg?v=e306e7b9fefc168c00baa623d76d1eaf 2x\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><span class=\"embed__caption\">An undated photo issued by the Hertfordshire Police on July 10, 2024 shows Kyle Clifford, who was detained in connection with the killing of three women using a crossbow and a knife, in Bushey, England.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Hertfordshire Police\/AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The brutal murders renewed a debate in Britain over the laws governing crossbow ownership. Following the attacks, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/crossbow-murders-england-uk-considers-laws-after-killing-of-3-women-near-london\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">said she was urgently considering<\/a><\/span> whether tougher crossbow laws were needed but no proposals have yet been put forward.<\/p>\n<p> People in Britain do not need a license to own a crossbow, but it is illegal to carry one in public without a reasonable excuse and illegal to own one under the age of 18, or to sell one to somebody who is under 18.<\/p>\n<p> The weapons have been used in several high-profile crimes in recent years.<\/p>\n<p> In December 2021 a would-be assailant carrying a loaded crossbow broke into Windsor Castle <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/windsor-castle-crossbow-intruder-there-to-kill-queen-elizabeth-london-court-told\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">seeking to kill Queen Elizabeth II<\/a><\/span>. 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