Man, 26, denies crossbow murders: Kyle Clifford pleads not guilty to stabbing BBC star John Hunt's wife before slaying his two daughters - as he is charged with rape

A man pleaded not guilty to murder today after stabbing a BBC commentator's wife to death and fatally shooting two of their daughters with a crossbow. Kyle Clifford, 26, admitted killing Carol Hunt, 61, the wife of John Hunt, and two of their daughters, Hannah, 28, and Louise, 25. Louise and Hannah Hunt had been shot with a crossbow and their mother Carol had been stabbed with a knife and suffered multiple injuries, the court was told. A court artist's sketch of Kyle Clifford appearing via videolink at Westminster Magistrates' Court on September 17 John Hunt is pictured with his wife Carol, who was killed alongside two of their two daughters Hannah Hunt was killed alongside her mother and sister in the crossbow attack in Bushey Louise Hunt, sister of Hannah Hunt and daughter of Carol and John Hunt, was killed Police were previously unable to speak to the suspect while he received treatment for an injury in hospital. A photo issued by Hertfordshire Police of Kyle Clifford, 26, who has been charged with murder Friends leave flowers on Ashlyn Close in Bushey, Hertfordshire, after the attack on July 11 Mourners attend a service at St James's Church in Bushey on July 11 following the incident A view of the scene on July 11 on Ashlyn Close in Bushey, where the Hunt family lived Mr Hunt and his third daughter Amy previously issued a statement following the incident, which said: 'The devastation we are experiencing cannot be put into words.'