Kyle Clifford, 26, is facing three murder charges and additional counts related to the deaths of Carol Hunt, 61, and her daughters Hannah, 28, and Louise, 25. He has pleaded not guilty to the murder charges.
The man accused of murdering BBC star John Hunt 's wife and two daughters was accused of the rape of one of his victims today. Kyle Clifford, 26, had already been charged with the murders of Carol Hunt, 61, and her children Hannah, 28, and Louise, 25. He pleaded not guilty today to the murder charges and to two counts of carrying an offensive weapon and one count of the false imprisonment of Louise. The defendant was not asked for a plea in relation to the alleged rape of Louise.
Police officers raced to the family home in Bushey, Hertfordshire, on July 9 and discovered the sisters had both been shot in the chest with a crossbow, an earlier hearing was told. Carol was said to have died from stab wounds to her chest and abdomen. Clifford was arrested the day after following a nationwide manhunt. He was found injured in a cemetery near his home in Enfield, North London. He was subsequently charged with the three counts of murder, false imprisonment and two counts of possession of offensive weapons, namely a crossbow and ten-inch butcher's knife. A court artist's sketch of Kyle Clifford appearing via videolink at Westminster Magistrates' Court on September 17 John Hunt is pictured with his wife Carol, who was killed alongside two of their two daughters Hannah Hunt was killed alongside her mother and sister in the crossbow attack in Bushey Louise Hunt (pictured), sister of Hannah Hunt and daughter of Carol and John Hunt, was killed Racing commentator Mr Hunt, who has another daughter, Amy, bravely returned to work 60 days after the tragic incident. Clifford appeared at Cambridge Crown Court by videolink from a room at HMP Belmarsh today. Dressed in a red jumper and sitting in a wheelchair, he spoke only to confirm his name and date of birth. Mr Justice Johnson adjourned the case ahead of a trial due to start at the court on March
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