Widdecombe Murder Charge

A 28-year-old man is charged in the fatal attack on former MP Ann Widdecombe.

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Suspect charged in fatal attack on UK politician Ann Widdecombe

Joshua Kerry, 28, charged in killing of ex-UK government minister Ann Widdecombe

28-Year-Old Radical Arrested for Bloody Assassination of 78-Year-Old British Conservative Ann Widdecombe * The Gateway Pundit * by Jim Hoft

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British prosecutors charged Joshua Kerry, 28, of Rotherham, with one count of murder on Monday in the death of former UK government minister Ann Widdecombe. He is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday. Widdecombe’s body was found by ambulance crews at her home in Haytor Vale, Devon, with serious injuries at 11:40 a.m. Kerry was arrested July 11 on suspicion of murder and later rearrested in custody on suspicion of commission, preparation or instigation of an act of terrorism, with police examining a possible political motive.

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Political assassination

Ann Widdecombe was killed because of her public identity as a prominent conservative figure. Her murder was a politically significant act tied to radical or terrorist hostility toward her right-wing, Christian, pro-life, and Brexit-aligned politics.