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Ann Widdecombe to be honoured with private service ahead of public memorial
A 28-year-old man faces murder charges as police investigate a potential political or terrorist motive for the fatal attack on the former MP.
- Ann Widdecombe's family announced a private funeral service for family and close friends will be held in the coming weeks, with a public memorial to follow later this year.
- Joshua Kerry, 28, appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Tuesday charged with murdering the 78-year-old former Conservative minister, who died July 9 at her home in Haytor, Devon.
- Prosecutors allege Kerry entered Widdecombe's home on July 8 while she was eating lunch and struck her 21 times with a hammer, causing fatal head injuries.
- Detectives continue investigating whether political or terrorist motives prompted the attack, as police remain present around the Haytor home of the former Brexit Party MEP.
- Widdecombe served as a Conservative MP in Kent beginning in 1987 and later gained fame on Strictly Come Dancing and Celebrity Big Brother before becoming a Reform UK spokeswoman.
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Family revelas public memorial plans for Ann Widdecombe
A public memorial for Ann Widdecombe will be held later this year, her family have said. The 78-year-old Reform UK spokeswoman and former Tory minister was found dead at her home in Haytor on Dartmoor, Devon, on July 9 with serious head injuries. Today's top videos Joshua Kerry, 28, from Rotherham, South Yorkshire, appeared in […]
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