De overleden Britse politica Ann Widdecombe is vermoedelijk bijna 24 uur voordat zij donderdag dood werd aangetroffen in haar woning aangevallen, melden de Britse autoriteiten. De politie heeft nog altijd geen nieuwe verdachte aangehouden.

Ann Widdecombe, a 78-year-old former government minister turned Reform UK spokeswoman, was found dead in her home with serious injuries, police said.

British police said they had launched a murder investigation into the death of Ann Widdecombe, a 78-year-old former government minister whose death was announced earlier on Friday.