days before the murder, lance hart's sons luke and ryan moved their mother and sister out of the familyairs correspondentjune kelly has been speaking to them. claire and charlotte hart were a very close mother and daughter. and they were together when they were shot dead. just days before, they had finally escaped from the family home after years of psychological abuse. lance hart lay in wait for his wife and daughter with a gun outside a leisure centre. he knew they had gone there for a swim. after murdering clare and charlotte, he turned the gun on himself. throughout his marriage, lance hart had subjected his family to what is known as coercive control extreme psychological and emotional abuse, but which stopped short of serious violence. charlotte's older brothers, luke and ryan, say that before the killing, theirfather had never been violent, and they didn't realise his psychological bullying was domestic abuse. from the outside in, it looked like we were a close—knit family, always together, nice—looking house, on the inside, we were terrified, we were frightened every single day.

lance hart shot his wife claire and daughter charlotte before turning the gun on himself in spalding d daughter. and they were together when they were shot dead. just days before, they had finally escaped from the family home after years of psychological abuse. lance hart lay in wait for his wife and daughter with a gun outside a leisure centre. he knew they had gone there for a swim. after murdering claire and charlotte, he turned the gun on himself. throughout his marriage, lance hart had subjected his family to what is known as coercive control extreme psychological and emotional abuse, but which stopped short of serious violence. charlotte's older brothers, luke and ryan, say that before the killing, theirfather had never been violent, and they didn't realise his psychological bullying was domestic abuse. from the outside in, it looked like we were a close—knit family, always together, nice—looking house, on the inside, we were terrified, we were frightened every single day. we had never gone to school with a bruise, we had never encountered the police, never been to social servic

lance hart lay in wait for his wife and daughter with a gun outside a leisure centre.gone there for a swim. after murdering claire and charlotte, he turned the gun on himself. throughout his marriage, lance hart had subjected his family to what's known as coercive control, extreme psychological and emotional abuse, but which stopped short of serious violence. charlotte's older brothers, luke and ryan, say that before the killing, theirfather had never been violent, and they didn't realise his psychological bullying was domestic abuse. from the outside in, it looked like we were a close—knit family. we were always together, we had a nice—looking house. on the inside, we were terrified. we were frightened every single day. we had never turned up to school with a bruise, we had never encountered the police, never been to social services. we were top students. like, literally, we were the top students. and then, our father killed our mother and sister. today's review by the safer lincolnshire partnership says the murders were a tragedy that could not have been foreseen. th

lance hart was lying in wait for his wife and daughter with a gun. h as he could. he didn‘t let her work more than part—time so that she had no financial independence. her friendship groups were closed off, her family were close off off, her family were closed off because our father kept moving us away. coercive control involves mainly emotional abuse rather than physical violence. from the outside in, it looked like we were a close—knit family, we were always together, we had a nice—looking house. but on the inside we were terrified, we were frightened every single day. and then our father killed our mother and sister. and that shows how serious coercive control is. and i think unfortunately it was missed by us and we lived it, and it was missed by everyone. in this case lance hart resorted to the ultimate violent act because his family had moved out and he felt he‘d lost control of them. it was only when we were sat in the police station in spalding, two days after our mum and charlotte were killed, that ryan and i looked behind us and there was a p

lance hart was lying in wait for his wife and daughter with a gun. mself. luke and ryan hart had helped their mother and sister to move out of the family home. their father had subjected them all to what's known as coercive control. 0ur mum especially, he limited her life as much as he could. he didn't let her work more than part—time, so that she had no financial independence. over time, mum just got more and more worn down. her friendship groups were closed off, her family were closed off because our father kept moving us away, so we were physically distant from anyone who knew us. and he essentially turned mum into a slave for him. coercive control involves mainly emotional abuse, rather than physical violence. we'd never turned up to school with a bruise. we'd never been in an encounter with the police. we'd never been with social services. we were top students. from the outside in, it looked like we were a close—knit family, we were always together, we had a nice looking house. but on the inside we were terrified, we were fighting every single da

lance hart was lying in wait for his wife and daughter with a gun. luke and ryan hart had helped their mother and sister to move out of the family home. their father had subjected them all to what is known as coercive control. mum especially, he limited her life as much as he could. he didn't let her work more than part—time, so that she had no financial independence. her friendship groups were closed off, her family were closed off because our father kept moving us away. coercive control involves mainly emotional abuse, rather than physical violence. from the outside in, it looked like we were a close—knit family, we were always together, we had a nice—looking house. but on the inside we were terrified, we were frightened every single day. and then our father killed our mother and sister. and that shows how serious coercive control is. and i think unfortunately it was missed by us and we lived it, and it was missed by everyone. in this case, lance hart resorted to the ultimate violent act because his family had moved out and he felt he'd lost control

lance hart was lying in wait for his wife and daughter with a gun. urned the weapon on himself. luke and ryan hart had helped their mother and sister to move out of the family home. their father had subjected them all to what's known as coercive control. our mum especially, he limited her life as much as he could. he didn't let her work more than part—time, so that she had no financial independence. over time, mum just got more and more worn down. her friendship groups were closed off, her family were closed off because our father kept moving us away, so we were physically distant from anyone who knew us. and he essentially turned mum into a slave for him. coercive control involves mainly emotional abuse, rather than physical violence. we'd never turned up to school with a bruise. we'd never been in an encounter with the police. we'd never been with social services. we were top students. from the outside in, it looked like we were a close—knit family. we were always together, we had a nice looking house. but on the inside, we were terrified. we were f

lance hart killed his wife and daughter in spalding in lincolnshire in 2016.er were murdered. we want to use our story to encourage anyone who sees anything to ask questions, to find out what's going on. many, many key points, which at the time just seems like, oh, just family issues, we were living a personal hell. our father was dangerous. and i think one of the key outcomes is it's not up to one person to solve this issue. we all need to play our part, by looking out for the signs in our colleagues, friends, and family members, and doing something about it, having the courage to ask what is seen as personal questions. i don't think the family unit should be protected from being interviewed, basically, being asked what is going on? are you ok? a lot of people felt afraid of asking what was going on, because of the there that our father caused, especially around our family. they were afraid of helping, because of that year, i think its key for everyone, if you see anything out of the ordinary, to call the experts, to discuss with people who, you know, know th

lance hart also took his own life on that day injuly 2016.d never been viole nt towards were confused, our father had never been violent towards us but it came out of nowhere. we had always thought domestic abuse was about violence but it is only since we we re violence but it is only since we were in the police station in spalding, we look behind us and six months before the coercive control legislation came out, we saw financial abuse, psychological abuse, emotional abuse, all the mechanisms of a father used to control the family but then we realised this did not come from nowhere, he controlled our entire lives and it developed until he killed our mother and sister and when you consider murtagh to be the ultimate act of control, suddenly what appeared to come from nowhere made sense —— mcmurdo. we are hoping to raise awareness. from the outside looking in, there were no signs, effectively, as to what was happening in the household. can you give people a sense as to what you we re give people a sense as to what you were witnessing but may b