Man admits to murders in crossbow attack on BBC presenter's family in U.K.

London — A 26-year-old man pleaded guilty Wednesday to the murder of a mother and two of her daughters at their family home just north of London last year, in an attack that involved a crossbow and a knife. Prosecutors said Kyle Clifford killed his 25-year-old ex-girlfriend Louise Hunt and her 28-year-old sister Hannah Hunt with a crossbow before stabbing their mother, Carol Hunt, 61, to death on July 9.

Appearing via video link at Cambridge Crown Court, Clifford admitted to three counts of murder, one of false imprisonment and two counts of possession of offensive weapons — the crossbow and a 10-inch knife. He pleaded not guilty to a charge of raping Louise Hunt.

The three women, who are the family of well-known BBC radio racing commentator John Hunt, were found with serious injuries at their home in the quiet residential neighborhood of Bushey, northeast of the capital.