Triple Murder Suspect in Hospital as Home Secretary Mulls Crossbow Laws

Published on July 11, 2024

A former soldier who was detained in a cemetery by police investigating a triple murder remains in hospital as the new home secretary, Yvette Cooper, considers whether to introduce new laws on crossbows in next week’s King’s Speech. A manhunt was launched for Kyle Clifford, 26, after a crossbow attack in Bushey, Hertfordshire, on Tuesday which killed Carol Hunt, 61, and her daughters, Hannah, 28, and Louise, 25. Ms. Hunt was the wife of BBC 5 Live racing commentator John Hunt, who has a third daughter, Amy, who lives in Birmingham. Mr. Clifford was found with unspecified injuries in Lavender Hill cemetery in Enfield, north London, on Wednesday afternoon and was taken to an unidentified hospital for treatment....

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