Ann Widdecombe moved to Haytor Vale to get away from it all, setting herself up ‘for the rest of my days’. But as an outspoken celebrity politician, she was somewhat of an anomaly in village life, as Jacqui Merrington found out

Devon and Cornwall Police are probing the circumstances surrounding Ann Widdecombe's death, after she was discovered dead at her home in Dartmoor

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Body of former MP, 78, found with serious injuries at her Dartmoor home on Thursday morning

In 2010 Ann Widdecombe swapped London for the secluded Dartmoor village of Haytor after buying a five-bedroom chalet-bungalow tucked away from civilisation

Ann Widdecombe moved to Haytor Vale to get away from it all, setting herself up ‘for the rest of my days’. But as an outspoken celebrity politician, she was somewhat of an anomaly…

The ex-Tory minister is believed to have been attacked at her remote bungalow in Haytor, on Dartmoor, at around 12.30pm on Wednesday.

In The Hound of the Baskervilles, the members of the Devonian constabulary are depicted as well-meaning but rather out of their depth compared with Sherlock Holmes.

The former minister and her bungalow in Haytor, Devon, featured on Quest's Celebrity Yorkshire Auction House.

The politician, 78, suffered serious injuries inside her remote home in Haytor