A man has admitting murdering his ex-girlfriend and her sister with a crossbow and their mother with a knife in an attack at the family home.

Carol Hunt, 61, was stabbed to death and Hannah Hunt, 28, and Louise Hunt, 25, suffered fatal crossbow bolt injuries in Bushey, near Watford, on 9 July.

Kyle Clifford, 26, from Enfield, north London, changed his plea to the murders during an appearance via video link at Cambridge Crown Court.

The three women were the wife and daughters of BBC racing commentator John Hunt, and Louise was a former partner of Clifford.

The attacks in the cul-de-sac of Ashlyn Close sparked a manhunt which ended with Clifford being found injured in Lavender Hill Cemetery in Enfield.

An inquest heard that Mrs Hunt died from stab wounds to her chest and abdomen, while her daughters both died from crossbow injuries.

During the court hearing where he admitted the murders, Clifford denied a charge of rape in connection to Louise Hunt.

He had denied murdering the three women during a hearing at the same court in December.

Police had been called by Hannah Hunt, who told officers she feared she was going to die as she had been shot and her sister and mother had also been attacked.

Following the manhunt, Clifford, who served in the military from 2019 for about three years, was taken to hospital as he had shot himself in the chest with the crossbow.