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UK police charge Joshua Kerry in Ann Widdecombe murder

8/13/2026

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Summary

Story summary

UK police charged Joshua Kerry with Ann Widdecombe’s murder and reopened the April 2025 attack at Nigel Farage’s London home.
Counter Terrorism Policing London said it missed a line of inquiry, referred itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct, and opened a review.
Farage said the cases are directly linked and that he trusts the police after meeting its head Laurence Taylor.

History

Historical Context

The 7 July 2005 suicide bombings killed 52 commuters, injured about 700, and prompted the 2006 Terrorism Act and a Counter-Terrorism Policing Headquarters under Metropolitan Police chief Sir Ian Blair. A 2011 inquest chaired by Lady Justice Hallett, after a 2006 refusal of inquiry, issued nine recommendations that now guide Independent Office for Police Conduct’s review of the Joshua Kerry murder probe and the Nigel Farage attack.

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Story summary

UK police charged Joshua Kerry with Ann Widdecombe’s murder and reopened the April 2025 attack at Nigel Farage’s London home.
Counter Terrorism Policing London said it missed a line of inquiry, referred itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct, and opened a review.
Farage said the cases are directly linked and that he trusts the police after meeting its head Laurence Taylor.

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