Kyle Clifford crossbow murder aftermath - neighbour screams, manhunt and paralysing shot
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Police arriving to the scene at BBC racing commentator John Hunt's home on July 9 last year were horrified by the massacre that awaited them. John's wife Carol, 61, has been stabbed multiple times at the property in Bushey, Herts, while his daughters Hannah, 28, and Louise, 25, had crossbow bolts in their chest. Security guard Kyle Clifford, who today pleaded guilty to triple murder, had already fled the scene.
During the hearing at Cambridge Crown Court today, Clifford, from Enfield, north London, admitted killing the three women, falsely imprisoning Louise and possessing a 10-inch butcher's knife and a crossbow. Hannah had put up a desperate last fight to escape their killer, texting a friend saying she had been tied up and begging them to call the police.
Neighbours had heard distressing screams, initially mistaking them for children messing about. "It was between 6.30pm and 7pm last night and it literally just sounded like kids," one resident told The Mirror. "Somebody screaming, and then it was more shrill and I was like, 'That's definitely a woman screaming'." As the emergency services rushed to intervene, the quiet street was soon a frenzy of activity...
Neighbours then saw multiple ambulances, helicopters and "at least 16 police cars" soon rushing to the scene. "We had armed police running down, screaming 'stay in your house'… they shut us off and basically put us into lockdown," said one 46-year-old local.
Officers arrived at the property just after 7pm to find Hannah alive in the main doorway with a crossbow bolt still in her chest. Louise had also been tied up and shot with a crossbow, while Carol had been stabbed with a knife. None of the women survived their injuries and a manhunt was launched to find their killer.
