Murderer Kyle Clifford will die in prison.(Image: PA)

Crossbow killer Kyle Clifford will die in prison after murdering ex-girlfriend, her mother and her sister

by · Irish Mirror

Triple crossbow and knife killer Kyle Clifford has been handed a whole-life order, as a judge described him as a “jealous man soaked in self pity, who holds women in utter contempt”.

Clifford, 26, refused to face the family of his victims – his ex-partner Louise Hunt, 25, her sister Hannah Hunt, 28, and their mother Carol Hunt, 61 – as Mr Justice Bennathan told the court from the outset his plan to jail the defendant for the rest of his life.

At Cambridge Crown Court on Tuesday, the judge said of Clifford: “The evidence I have heard shows you to be a jealous man soaked in self-pity, a man who holds women in utter contempt.

Court artist sketch by Elizabeth Cook of BBC racing commentator John Hunt giving his victim impact statement in front of judge Mr Justice Bennathan, during the sentencing of Kyle Clifford, 26, at Cambridge Crown Court, for the murder of Carol, Louise and Hannah Hunt, the false imprisonment of Louise Hunt and possession of a crossbow and a knife, and for the rape of Louise Hunt in Bushey, Hertfordshire on July 9, 2024.(Image: Elizabeth Cook/PA Wire)

“This is no occasion to subject family and friends of your victims to any delay or suspense.

“I therefore make clear at once that for each of these three murders, the sentence will be one of life imprisonment with a whole-life order.

“That means a sentence from which you will never be released.”

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