Ann Widdecombe, the former British lawmaker found dead at her home in southwest England in early July, was hit 21 times with a hammer, a London court heard on Tuesday.

Former MP and MEP Ann Widdecombe, 78, was found dead at her home in Haytor on Dartmoor in Devon on July 9 - a 28-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder

The former MP died after suffering ‘serious injuries’

Joshua Kerry, 28, has been charged after the politician was found dead in her remote Devon home