British prosecutors said on Monday that a 28-year-old man had been charged with murdering former government minister Ann Widdecombe, who was found dead at her home earlier this month.Widdecombe, 78, who was a prominent member of Nigel Farage’s populist Reform UK, was found at her home in rural southwest England on July 9 after sustaining what police described as serious injuries. She stood down from parliament in 2010.Joshua Kerry, a white British national from northern England, has been charged with her killing, Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service said. He will appear at London’s Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday.
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Man charged with murdering former British MP Ann Widdecombe
A 28-year-old man, Joshua Kerry, has been charged with the murder of former British MP Ann Widdecombe. Widdecombe, 78, a prominent member of Reform UK, was found dead at her home in rural southwest England on July 9 with serious injuries.
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A 28-year-old man, Joshua Kerry, has been charged with the murder of former British MP Ann Widdecombe. Widdecombe, 78, a prominent member of Reform UK, was found dead at her home in rural southwest England on July 9 with serious injuries. British prosecutors announced the charge on Monday. Kerry, a white British national from northern England, is scheduled to appear at London's Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday. Widdecombe had previously served as a government minister and retired from parliament in 2010.
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Joshua Kerry will appear at London’s Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday.
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Joshua Kerry, a white British national from northern England, has been charged with her killing.
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Ann Widdecombe was found dead at her home in rural southwest England on July 9.
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A 28-year-old man has been charged with murdering former British MP Ann Widdecombe.
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