John Hunt has told the man convicted of murdering his two daughters and wife that hell will roll out a “red carpet” for him.
Kyle Clifford, 26, is being sentenced for triple murder and rape in Cambridge Crown Court.
He admitted shooting his ex-girlfriend Louise Hunt, 25, and her sister Hannah Hunt, 28, with a crossbow and fatally stabbing their mother, 61-year-old Carol Hunt, last July.
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He had denied raping Louise during the attack, but was found guilty last week.
Mr Hunt delivered a powerful victim impact statement in court, aimed at Clifford. Here is what he said:
‘Your misery will last for eternity’
Mr Hunt told Clifford the “red carpet” will be rolled out for him in hell.
“Whatever misery lies ahead for you in the next 60 years… remember after your days on earth are done, on your dying day there will be no release for you,” he said.
“The screams of hell, Kyle, I can hear them now.”
He ended: “Your misery will last for eternity.”
Family’s killer is a ‘psychopath’
Mr Hunt told Clifford: “When I challenge myself about how you were able to deceive us all I simply say that you were a psychopath who was able to disguise yourself as an ordinary human being” when he was with his daughter Louise and her family.
He said he believes Clifford “reserved your best make believe self for the times you were with us”.
Mr Hunt said Louise was rightly disgusted by “your racism” and “your belittling language”.
He added: “Your levels of misogyny are off the scale.”
Funeral room ‘not big enough’
Mr Hunt said the funeral room for his wife and two daughters was “not big enough” for three bodies.
He added he put a picture of their dog, Chester, in Louise’s right hand.
“They were best friends,” he said, his voice breaking.
“The impact of what you’ve done to me will be taken to my grave.”
Clifford ‘failed’ to be the person Hunt’s daughter needed
Addressing Clifford, Mr Hunt said: “You failed to be the person [Louise] needed.”
He added: “Do you recall how kind we were to you… you were always invited to meals out.”
Clifford was always “made welcome”, he added, and asked: “What was it about that blissful existence that you hated so much?”
“Loulou gave your relationship so much effort, which you were never able to match,” he added.
“Carol picked up on your inadequacies from the start.”
He said his daughter Louise left Clifford after saying “enough is enough”.
“I hope women round the world will take Louise’s bravery as a shining beacon for their lives,” he said.
“If you feel enough is enough, then it is.”
Family members wiped tears from their eyes as Mr Hunt read his statement.
Father wanted to speak ‘eye to eye’ with Kyle Clifford
Mr Hunt said he “so wanted to deliver these words eye to eye with Kyle”.
Clifford was not at court after he refused to attend via a video link.
Mr Hunt said he “initially misunderstood its purpose” when he was asked about a victim impact statement.
He said: “Do I really need to detail the impact of having three quarters of my family murdered?”
But he said he then realised it was his final opportunity to say what he wanted to say to Clifford.
‘I am lucky’
Mr Hunt said his family “spent their lives bringing joy, colour and happiness to other people’s lives”.
“You killed three beautiful mockingbirds, Kyle,” he said.
But, he said: “I stand strong before you now as you are consigned to a fate worse than death.”
“I am lucky,” he said, fighting back tears. “I have the most wonderful daughter Amy, who gives me so much love, focus and purpose.”
He said he is “surrounded by amazing people” and said while he is “so badly damaged”, he believes his daughter Hannah handed him a second chance by calling the police.
Addressing Clifford, who refused to come to court, he said that had she not done that, “I believe I would’ve been killed – your fourth victim”.
“Do you really think that after what she did for me I would really give up?” he added.
Hunt’s surviving daughter speaks through tears
Also delivering a victim impact statement in court, Amy Hunt – Mr Hunt’s surviving daughter – described the “horrific pain and trauma” caused by Clifford.
Speaking through tears, she said the killer had “earned a rightful spot in hell” and robbed her of the chance of holding her mother’s hand as she passed away – as she had always imagined she would do.
Finished off her statement, Ms Hunt said: “We will always be a family of five.”
She said she and her father “feel like the most unfortunate people”, but they know they are really “the luckiest”.
“I would rather have lived 30 years with them than 1,000 years without ever knowing them,” she said.
“And nothing Kyle has done will ever take that away, such love is too strong to be lost to his actions.”
She also said the strength anyone sees in her or her father are “solely because of Mum, Louise and Hannah”.
