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Crossbow murder suspect Kyle Clifford dropped out of British Army after two years
After the Army, Clifford took a number of low-paid jobs before finding work in private security
CROSSBOW murder suspect Kyle Clifford dropped out of the Army after two years.
One ex-soldier who trained with him says he never fitted in at the Queen’s Dragoons after joining in 2019.
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It was also claimed Clifford had failed phase one training at ATC Pirbright in Brookwood, Surrey.
His former colleague said: “Kyle didn’t change throughout service.
“People got so frustrated with him.
“Everyone had to pick up the slack.
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“He wasn’t a good soldier.”
After the Army, Clifford took a number of low-paid jobs before finding work in private security.
One of his jobs for six months in 2023 was at Amthal, a fire and security installation company in St Albans, Herts.
He had been in a relationship with Louise Hunt but it is understood the couple had recently broken up.
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One of three children, Clifford’s older brother Bradley, 30, is serving a life sentence for the murder of a young moped rider who smashed a bottle against his car during a row in 2017.
He was given a minimum 23-year tariff after ramming his 18-year-old victim at 60mph with his Ford Mustang before beating him as he lay fatally injured.
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