Kyle Clifford given whole life order for murders of Louise Hunt, her sister Hannah and their mother Carol

11 March 2025 , 14:11

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Kyle Clifford given whole life order for murders of Louise Hunt, her sister Hannah and their mother Carol

Judge imposes a whole-life order on triple killer Kyle Clifford

The judge has given Kyle Clifford, who murdered his ex-girlfriend and her sister with a crossbow and their mother with a butcher’s knife, a whole life order with no possibility of parole.

Justice Bennathan said:

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.

The judge has praised the heroic and powerful victim impact statements John and Amy Hunt gave at Cambridge Crown Court this morning and afternoon.

Justice Bennathan said:

The statements of John and Amy Hunt also demonstrated great courage and determination that your terrible crimes will not define them or stop them leading the lives Carol, Louise and Hannah Hunt would have wished for them. They showed a gentle heroism of which you can only dream.

“Your brutal and cowardly attack had been planned over about 11 days,” the judge said.

“You conducted extensive research into the movements of Louise’s father John, into her mother’s Facebook page, into buying a crossbow, a knife and an air pistol, and even into the weather on the day of the attack.”

Grace Cooper