Conservative Leader Kemi Badenoch said she is shocked to learn of the ‘nasty, horrific’ killing of Ann Widdecombe, as police arrest a man on suspicion of murder following the discovery of the former MP at her Devon home.
Officers found the former Conservative prisons minister with ‘serious injuries’ and covered in blood from a head wound after an ambulance crew called them to her house in Haytor, Dartmoor at 11.40am yesterday.
The 78-year-old’s death was first announced by her agent this morning and there had been no suggestion it was caused by anything other than natural causes.
But in an update this afternoon, Devon and Cornwall Police said
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