He admitted to killing a man in an attack on a BBC presenter's family in the UK

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London – A 26-year-old man pleaded guilty Wednesday to killing a mother and her two daughters at their family home north of London last year. An attack with a bow and a knife. Prosecutors say Kyle Clifford killed her ex-girlfriend Louise Hunt, 25, and her sister Hannah Hunt, 28, with a crossbow before stabbing their mother, Carol Hunt, 61, to death on July 9.

Appearing via video link at Cambridge Crown Court, Clifford admitted three counts of murder, one count of false imprisonment and two counts of possessing offensive weapons – a crossbow and a 10-inch knife. Louise Hunt pleaded not guilty to rape.

The three women, who belong to the family of popular BBC radio racing commentator John Hunt, were found badly injured at their home in the quiet residential area of Bushey, north-east of the capital.

Bush's triple murder — Images left at a floral tribute in Bushey, Hertfordshire, north of London, where Carol Hunt, 61, wife of BBC Five Live racing commentator John Hunt, and their two daughters Hannah, 28, and Louise, 25, were killed on July 11, 2024, were seen at their home the day after the Rainbow attack.

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Police and ambulance crews tried to save the three women, but they were pronounced dead at the scene.

Police began hunting the suspect before he was found injured in a cemetery in Enfield, north London.

In the year Clifford, who served in the military for three years as of 2019, shot himself in the chest with a crossbow.

British women were killed. — This undated July 10, 2024, photo released by Hertfordshire Police shows Kyle Clifford has been arrested in connection with the murder of three women with a cross and a knife in Bushey, England.

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The brutal killing has renewed a debate over the laws governing crossbow ownership in Britain. Following the attack, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper She said she was under urgent consideration. But there is no suggestion yet whether they need stronger rainbow laws.

People in Britain do not need a license to own a crossbow, but it is illegal to carry one in public without a valid reason and it is illegal for an under-18 to own it or sell it to someone under 18.

The devices have been used in various high-profile crimes in recent years.

In December 2021, an attacker carrying a loaded crossbow broke into Windsor Castle Wanting to kill Queen Elizabeth II. Jaswant Singh Chail pleaded guilty to treason and was sentenced to nine years in prison last year.