'Make the most of every day you have'

BBCcommentator’s message after the killings of his wife and two daughters

- John Dunne

BBC racing commentator John Hunt has urged people to “make the most of every day” after three of his family were killed in a crossbow attack.

Carol Hunt, 61, and her daughters Hannah, 28, and Louise, 25, were fatally injured at their home in Bushey, Hertfordshire, last Tuesday.

Kyle Clifford, 26, from Enfield, was arrested on Thursday evening on suspicion of three counts of murder. Police have not yet been able to speak to him because he remains in a serious condition in hospital after stabbing himself in the chest.

Fellow commentator Matt Chapman said he had been in frequent contact with the “very talented” Mr Hunt following last week’s events.

“He told me, ‘Matty, the message I would tell everyone is you never know when it’s going to be the last day you see your family’,” Mr Chapman said. “The message was very clear: make the most of every day because you just don’t know.”