Kyle Clifford, 26, has been charged with three counts of murder, false imprisonment, and possession of offensive weapons after the fatal attack on Carol Hunt, her husband John Hunt's wife, and their daughters Hannah and Louise.
The daughter of a BBC commentator made a terrified 999 call saying she feared she would die and was later found tied to a chair after she and her sister were shot with a crossbow and their mother stabbed, a court heard today.
The court heard that Carol died from stab wounds to her chest and abdomen with a butcher's knife, while Hannah and Louise died from crossbow bolt injuries. In court this morning, Clifford sported a black beard and thick hair with a fringe as he sat in a wheelchair, dressed in a prison-issue grey sweatshirt, appearing via videolink from Kempston custody suite in Bedfordshire.Earlier he had told court officials that he was suffering from a throat injury which made it difficult for him to speak loudly.
The final charge faced is of false imprisonment, which alleges Clifford 'assaulted and unlawfully and injuriously imprisoned Louise Hunt and detained her against her will'.Chief Magistrate, District Judge Paul Goldspring, remanded Clifford in custody ahead of a hearing at the High Court this afternoon.
'Over the past couple of months, we have been working hard to gather as much evidence as possible and establish the full circumstances of what happened that day.'Today, we have managed to secure charges against Kyle Clifford in connection with the murders of Carol, Hannah and Louise Hunt.
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