A British court has heard shocking new details about the alleged murder of politician Ann Widdecombe.

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’

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Prosecutors say the man charged with killing former British politician Ann Widdecombe struck her 21 times in the head with a hammer.

Joshua Kerry is accused of entering the former Tory minister and Brexit Party MEP's Dartmoor home through the open front door and murdering her as she ate lunch in her kitchen.

Joshua Kerry appears at Westminster magistrates court charged with murder of former MP earlier this month

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Widdecombe, a prominent figure in the populist Reform UK, was found dead in her home on July 9.

Widdecombe, 78, was found at her home in rural southwest England on July 9 after being attacked the day before. | World News

De vermoorde Britse politicus Ann Widdecombe is 21 keer met een hamer op haar hoofd geslagen. Camerabeelden in de woning van Widdecombe hebben de aanval vastgelegd. De verdachte…

De vermoorde Britse politica Ann Widdecombe is 21 keer met een hamer op haar hoofd geslagen. Camerabeelden in de woning van Widdecombe hebben de aanval vastgelegd. De verdachte…

Widdecombe was a spokeswoman on immigration and justice for the populist far right Reform UK at the time of her death.

LONDON (AP) — A man charged with murder in the killing of former British politician Ann Widdecombe in her home struck her 21 times on the head with a hammer,

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.

Ann Widdecombe was struck as she was eating lunch at home, a prosecutor told a court hearing on Tuesday for the man charged in her murder.

Joshua Kerry appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London over the murder that shocked the public and the political establishment.

Joshua Kerry, 28, appears in the Westminster Magistrates' Court charged with murder over the killing that has shocked the public and political establishment.

Prosecutors told a UK court that the attack was caught on camera from inside Ann Widdecombe's home whilst she was eating her lunch.

Former British cabinet minister and ex-Conservative MP Ann Widdecombe was struck 21 times on the head with a hammer during the fatal attack at her Devon home earlier this month,…