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Joshua Kerry Charged With Ann Widdecombe’s Murder

8/12/2026

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Summary

Story summary

Ann Widdecombe, Tory MP and Reform UK spokesperson, received a requiem mass at Buckfast Abbey, Devon, on August 12, 2026.
Joshua Kerry, 28, was charged with her murder on July 20 and is pending a November plea hearing and a June 2027 trial at the Old Bailey.
Donations will go to the Leprosy Mission and Abound India, and political colleagues paid tributes, with a memorial planned for the year.

History

Historical Context

On 16 June 2016, Labour MP Jo Cox was shot and stabbed 15 times outside a library in Birstall, West Yorkshire, becoming the first sitting British MP killed since Conservative Ian Gow’s 1990 IRA assassination. The terrorist act by extremist Thomas Mair triggered heightened parliamentary security and renewed debate over hate-motivated violence.

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Story summary

Ann Widdecombe, Tory MP and Reform UK spokesperson, received a requiem mass at Buckfast Abbey, Devon, on August 12, 2026.
Joshua Kerry, 28, was charged with her murder on July 20 and is pending a November plea hearing and a June 2027 trial at the Old Bailey.
Donations will go to the Leprosy Mission and Abound India, and political colleagues paid tributes, with a memorial planned for the year.

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