Die prominente Brexit-Befürworterin Ann Widdecombe wurde tot in ihrem Haus gefunden, ihr Leichnam wies „schwere Verletzungen“ auf. Nun übernimmt eine Spezialeinheit den Fall.

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.

British interior minister Shabana Mahmood said the circumstances of the death “are extremely distressing.”