John Hunt, the husband of Carol Hunt and father of Louise and Hannah Hunt, who were murdered by Kyle Clifford, has said their killer awaits the “screams of hell” during a sentencing hearing on Tuesday.
Clifford, 26, refused to appear at Cambridge Crown Court, as he faces life behind bars for their deaths.
Fighting back tears as he read his victim impact statement from the witness box, Mr Hunt said he was “so proud of all my girls” and said the hell would “roll out the red carpet” for him.
Amy Hunt, the sister of Hannah and Louise, also spoke and told the court Clifford had “selfish and sadistic aims”.
Hannah Hunt’s partner, Alex Klein, added that Clifford’s “soul will suffer for eternity”.
John Hunt impact statement
After describing the killer as “callous, cowardly and vindictive”, Mr Hunt said: “When I was first invited to provide a victim impact statement, I initially misunderstood its purpose, do I really need to detail the impact of having three quarters of my family murdered?
“But then I realised that this was my final opportunity to say what I wanted to say, specifically to you, Kyle, words that will also be directed to your family, who will carry guilt forward with them for the rest of their lives.
“They knew about the weapons, they knew.
“I also want to confirm to the world the truth, especially how Louise conducted herself within a textbook mature break-up on her part, understanding the conflict of saying goodbye to someone she once loved, but not allowing those memories to cloud her certain knowledge that you, Kyle, simply failed to be the person she needed. You failed.
“I am so proud of all my girls.
“Unlike you, Kyle, at every step of their lives, they made the correct choices to improve themselves as people.
“Louise, she enjoyed more success and fulfilment in one morning than you achieved in your entire miserable life.
“Carol still displayed compassion right up until the moment she answered the door to you on July 9.
“Do you remember her kindness, Kyle? How she urged you to get some relationship help and guidance for fear that you would never be able to sustain a lasting relationship?
“You calmly accepted that advice on the doorstep and then literally seconds later, savagely stabbed her eight times and ended her life.
“When I challenged myself about how you were able to deceive us all, I simply say that you are a psychopath who, for the duration of your time together with Louise, was able to disguise yourself as an ordinary human being.”
“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.
“What about me? The impact of what you have done will be taken to my grave.
“But on the way there, I want you to know that I stand strong before you today as you, Kyle, are consigned to a fate far greater than death.
“I can draw on the love and strength that I still (have) from my girls in every moment of every day.”
He added: “Whilst I am badly damaged, I am absolutely determined to see what my future is surrounded by so many amazing people, and the chance to do that, I firmly believe, has been gifted to me by my incredible Hansie (Hannah Hunt).
“I really believe that had she not managed to show such amazing physical and mental strength in raising the alarm after you, Kyle, fatally injured her, that I would have been your fourth victim that day.
“Hannah handed me a second chance, one that she worked so hard to achieve for me.
“Whatever sentence you’re about to receive, whatever misery lies ahead for you in the next 60 years, remain that after your days on earth are done, on your dying day there will be no release for you Kyle,” Mr Hunt said, reading his victim impact statement at Cambridge Crown Court.
“The screams of hell, Kyle. I can hear them faintly now.
“They’re going to roll the red carpet out for you.”
Amy Hunt impact statement
Amy Hunt called Clifford a “monster” and said that what he did “to my baby sister is nothing short of demonic”.
She broke down and wept part way through her victim impact statement at the court.
She said that Clifford’s “monstrous, selfish actions” had devastated the loved ones of Carol, Hannah and Louise Hunt and that Clifford “decided your own fragile ego and pride were more important”.
“You planned to take the lives of three women who have never done anything to hurt you and for what – you got dumped,
“That day, and every day leading up to it, Kyle, you had a choice and you chose to inflict violence on a horrific scale, all for your own selfish and sadistic aims.
“All the time, truly thinking of yourself alone, I can only assume that in the days after Louise broke up with you in the kindest most respectful way… you created some kind of false narrative in your head about how we had supposedly wronged you in order to allow you to avoid confronting the pain and shame within you and the truth – that the break-up was entirely your fault.
“That day, my mum, Hannah and Louise were all simply living their lives, getting on with their day in the home working or returning to their home after work.
“Their home is a place that was and should have continued to be safe for them and you made it the most unsafe place in the world for those few hours – you are a monster.
“That day, Kyle, you ripped a mother away from her daughters, a wife away from her husband, sisters away from one another, daughters away from their father, much adored friends away from their friends… alongside countless other losses formed from your entirely self-absorbed actions.
“For dad and I, you have callously and coldly taken not one, not two but the three most important people in our lives outside of each other.
“You have destroyed generations that always did, and were set to, enjoy wonderful, peaceful lives together.
“My mother will never see any of her daughters get married.
“Mum and dad will not be able to grow old and enjoy retirement together, my sisters will never be the mothers they dreamed of being or build their own homes, and I will never be an auntie to their children, nor dad a granddad to their children.
“It is difficult to think of a more devastating reality than the one you have created, Kyle – though I imagine that these facts mean nothing to you.
“You violently took my mother and sisters from me, and you violently killed almost all of my mum and dad’s children.
“As a son to a mother, a brother to a sister… I will never understand how you felt and feel nothing about the hideous act – but I suppose that is what separates you from us.
“Kyle, plainly the Hunt family are human and you are not.”
Alex Klein impact statement
Reading his victim impact statement to the court Mr Klein said: “Hannah can only be described as an angel.
“She would never lay a finger on anyone.”
He added: “Hannah completed my life. We worked so hard to build a future together and achieve our goals and all I wanted was to share that with her.
“She was my world, the perfect woman, she supported me and understood me in every way.
“I have no sympathy for what may happen to you and your family in the future.
“You are nothing to me, and I have nothing but disgust for you.
“You are a weak and insecure little boy who compulsively lied… always looking for the easy way out rather than facing the truth.
“You are a coward. You simply were not good enough for an angel like Louise.
“Your soul will suffer for eternity.”
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