Ann Widdecombe, a former British Member of Parliament and government minister who spent decades in public life, was killed in an act of sustained violence — struck twenty-one times on the head with a hammer. A twenty-eight-year-old man now stands charged with her murder, and the case has entered the UK court system where prosecutors are laying out their evidence. The death of a public servant under such circumstances invites a broader reckoning with the vulnerability that accompanies a life lived in the open, and with the particular horror that erupts when private violence reaches those we hav
Ex-UK Minister Ann Widdecombe Murdered with Hammer, Court Hears
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