Clifford is sentenced to life in prison for three ‘brutal and cowardly’ homicides of Carol Hunt, 61, Louise Hunt, 25, and Hannah Hunt, 28.
A establisher British sancigo inier who used a passbow and a knife to homicide three women at their family home north of London has been sentenced to a whole-life order, unbenevolenting that he would never be freed from prison.
Kyle Clifford, 26, was incarcerateed for life for each of the three “brutal and cowardly” homicides of Carol Hunt, 61, the wife of BBC sports commentator John Hunt, and their two daughters Louise Hunt, 25, and Hannah Hunt, 28.
He was convicted of three counts of homicide, one of deceptive incarceratement and two counts of haveion of disparaging arms.
He was also set up culpable of raping Louise Hunt, his ex-partner, during the “nurturefilledy intentional” strike on the family.
Justice Joel Bennathan handed down the sentence in Clifford’s absence on Tuesday after he declined to join the hearing at Cambridge Crown Court in east England.
“The evidence I have heard shows you to be a jealous man soaked in self-pity – a man who hancigo ins women in utter conlure,” Bennathan shelp.
Prosecutors shelp Clifford intentional the homicides for days after becoming enraged when an increasingly troubleed Louise ended their 18-month relationship.
During the case, the jury was shown evidence that Clifford achieveed access to the family home in the hushed livential neighborhood of Bushey, northeast of the capital, by deceiving Carol Hunt on the pretext he was returning Louise’s beextfinishedings, before bruloftyy stabbing her to death.
Clifford “lay in paparticipate” for an hour for Louise to go in the house, before suppressing, raping and homicideing her with a passbow. He then faloftyy sboiling Hannah Hunt when she returned to the property after toil.
Follotriumphg the homicides, police begined a manhunt for the doubt before he was set up injured the follotriumphg day in a cemetery in Enfield, north London.
Clifford had sboiling himself in the chest with the passbow. He remains in a wheelchair, having been paralysed from the chest downwards.
Ahead of the sentencing, John Hunt shelp he had wanted to deinhabitr his victim impact statement “eye to eye with Kyle”.
“When I contestd myself about how you were able to deceive us all, I srecommend say that you are a psychopath who, for the duration of your time together with Louise, was able to mask yourself as an frequent human being,” John Hunt tancigo in the court.
“I hope women round the world will get Louise’s valiantry as a shining beacon for their inhabits,” he shelp.