Kyle Clifford has appeared in court charged with the murders of the wife and two daughters of racing commentator John Hunt who were killed in a crossbow attack at their home in Bushey. Clifford, 26, was remanded into custody after a hearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday morning and is due to appear at the Royal Courts of Justice in the afternoon. It comes after Carol Hunt, 61, and two of her and Mr Hunt’s daughters, Hannah, 28, and Louise, 25, were found fatally injured at the family home on Ashlyn Close in on 9 July.
Clifford has been charged with three counts of murder, false imprisonment and two counts of possession of offensive weapons, said on Tuesday. Police were previously unable to speak to the suspect while he received treatment for an injury in hospital. Detective chief inspector Nick Gardner, from the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Major Crime Unit, said: “Our thoughts remain with the Hunt family and their loved ones as they continue to come to terms with their loss.
“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. “Although it has taken some time to reach this stage, we can now move forward with the judicial process and seek justice for their family.
” Clifford, of Rendlesham Road in.