{"id":50119,"date":"2025-03-04T13:00:39","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T13:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/bushey-crossbow-killer-raped-ex-girlfriend-after-being-rejected\/"},"modified":"2025-03-04T13:00:41","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T13:00:41","slug":"bushey-crossbow-killer-raped-ex-girlfriend-after-being-rejected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/bushey-crossbow-killer-raped-ex-girlfriend-after-being-rejected\/","title":{"rendered":"Bushey crossbow killer ‘raped ex-girlfriend after being rejected’"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Kyle Clifford is standing trial accused of raping his ex-girlfriend Louise Hunt<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Warning: This article contains details that some people may find distressing<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n

A triple killer raped his ex-girlfriend in a “violent, sexual act of spite” during an attack that saw him murder her and her sister with a crossbow and their mother with a butcher’s knife, a court heard.<\/p>\n

Kyle Clifford, 26, is alleged to have become “angry” when 25-year-old former partner Louise Hunt ended their 18-month relationship.<\/p>\n

Cambridge Crown Court heard Clifford murdered Ms Hunt, her mother Carol, 61, and sister Hannah, 28, after deceiving his way into the family home in Bushey, Hertfordshire, on 9 July 2024.<\/p>\n

The defendant, of Enfield, north London, admitted murder, false imprisonment and possession of offensive weapons, but denied raping Louise Hunt.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Opening the prosecution’s case, Alison Morgan KC said Clifford “carefully planned and executed” the attacks at the cul-de-sac property.<\/p>\n

She told jurors Clifford had admitted the murders<\/a>, but they were to determine if he raped Louise Hunt.<\/p>\n

Carol Hunt was stabbed to death, while Hannah and Louise suffered fatal injuries from a crossbow bolt.<\/p>\n

The three women were the wife and daughters of BBC racing commentator John Hunt, who observed the court proceedings on Tuesday from the public gallery.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Carol Hunt, Louise Hunt and Hannah Hunt were killed in their home in Bushey, near Watford in Hertfordshire<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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“During the course of this prolonged incident, the prosecution alleges that the defendant raped Louise Hunt,” Miss Morgan said.<\/p>\n

“It was a violent, sexual act of spite, before he then killed her.”<\/p>\n

She said Clifford gained access to the family home by deceiving Carol Hunt, before stabbing her to death in a “brutal knife attack”.<\/p>\n

It was alleged he then waited inside the house for Louise, who ran a dog grooming business in a pod in the family’s garden.<\/p>\n

After she came inside, he restrained, raped and then murdered her with a crossbow, jurors heard.<\/p>\n

He then killed Hannah Hunt with the crossbow when she came home after work.<\/p>\n

Miss Morgan said Clifford checked Mr Hunt would not be home that day “by searching online to see what racing events were taking place”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Clifford and Louise had been in a relationship for 18 months after meeting via online dating, the prosecutor added.<\/p>\n

“Louise Hunt is described by her friends in the highest terms as being a caring, positive and happy person,” she said.<\/p>\n

“However, friends and family were concerned about the effect of her relationship with the defendant.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Clifford deceived Carol Hunt to gain access to the house, the court has been told<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Louise told one friend that Clifford had a “nasty temper” and he had “behaved in an aggressive manner” several times, the trial heard.<\/p>\n

Miss Morgan said a family member found Clifford “odd” and was concerned about how he treated her, while others “hoped the relationship would come to an end”.<\/p>\n

“Hannah Hunt had said the family found the defendant to be disrespectful, rude and arrogant,” she added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The prosecutor said Louise instigated the end of the relationship, but Clifford tried to “rekindle” with her.<\/p>\n

She said when Clifford was rejected, he set about “planning an attack” on the family for favouring the break-up.<\/p>\n

Louise had said the relationship was “sucking the life out of me”, the court heard.<\/p>\n

In a message to Clifford on 26 June, read to the jury, Louise wrote: “I’m sorry Kyle but I feel I can’t continue with what we have, I feel like it has been broken and I can’t ignore how I’ve been feeling.<\/p>\n

“I just feel right now I owe it to myself to take some space and walk away for my own sanity and health.<\/p>\n

“I never want there to be anything nasty between us ever. Take care of yourself always please.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Kyle Clifford became the subject of a large scale manhunt after the killings<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Miss Morgan said Clifford appeared to accept “this position”, but in the days that followed he became less accepting.<\/p>\n

Jurors were told he spent \u00a3350 online buying a crossbow, six bolts and a cocking device. <\/p>\n

He also purchased an air pistol, which was not delivered, and duct tape, Miss Morgan said.<\/p>\n

Clifford also researched how to source a knife before purchasing a 10-inch steel “high level butchering knife” for \u00a389, Miss Morgan said.<\/p>\n

The defendant, who did not attend the trial opening, served in the military for about three years from 2019.<\/p>\n

Following the murders, he became the subject of a manhunt for a number of hours before he was found injured in Lavender Hill Cemetery, in Enfield, after shooting himself in the chest with the crossbow.<\/p>\n

Mr Justice Bennathan has told jurors it would be “fundamentally wrong” to think Clifford must be guilty of “anything else” because he admitted murder.<\/p>\n

The trial continues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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