A white male suspect has been arrested by police investigating the murder of Ann Widdecombe.
Police found the former Conservative prisons minister with ‘serious injuries’ after an ambulance crew called them to her house in Haytor, Dartmoor at 11.40am yesterday.
In an update this afternoon, Devon and Cornwall Police said officers had begun a murder inquiry and were hunting a ‘white male’ who they ‘believe is responsible’.
Assistant Chief Constable Matt Longman has now told a press conference that a 26-year-old white British man has been arrested at an address in Newton Abbot.
Miss Widdecombe death aged 78 was first announced by her management team this morning
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