The brothers on a mission to rescue domestic abuse victims | ITV News

In 2016, Luke and Ryan Hart's father murdered their mother Claire and sister Charlotte. They spoke to ITV News about life with their abusive father, memories of their mum and sister, and why they are using their pain for good.

Luke and Ryan's determination to get the best grades and the best job was motivated solely by their desperation to free their mother and sister from a lifetime of suffering at the hands of their abusive father.

On 15 July 2016, they did just that.

Taking advantage of their father's absence, they put their escape plan into motion, hiring a removal van, driving to the family home in the Lincolnshire village of Moulton and hurriedly packing up their belongings before fleeing with mum Claire and sister Charlotte to a rented house.

The family were finally liberated from the oppressive regime; free to start a new life together away from a scheming and controlling man they had feared for so long.

Just four days later, Claire and Charlotte Hart were dead.

As they left their local swimming pool in Spalding, Lance Hart crawled from underneath their car, pulled out a single-barrelled shotgun and shot his wife and daughter before turning the gun on himself.

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