Oct 9, 2026 05:26 PM
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Suspect in Ann Widdecombe murder and Nigel Farage plot is ‘extreme left-wing terrorist’
https://metro.co.uk/2026/10/09/suspect-a...-29696208/
EXCERPTS: The man accused of murdering Ann Widdecombe and targeting Nigel Farage’s home held extreme left-wing views and was ‘particularly hostile’ towards Reform, the Old Bailey heard today. Joshua Kerry, 28, appeared charged with preparation of terrorist acts between May 31, 2024, and July 8, 2026, the day he allegedly killed Ms Widdecombe.
The Reform UK spokeswoman and former Tory minister, 78, was hit over the head with a hammer 21 times in the kitchen of her home in Haytor on Dartmoor, Devon. The attack lasted just two minutes, the court heard.
Before that, Kerry is said to have spent nearly two years researching prominent people and institutions. He is alleged to have tried to gain entry to the south London home of Mr Farage as part of a suspected firebomb attack on April 19 last year.
Following his arrest investigators found a list including the names of Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, and Reform MPs Richard Tice, Lee Anderson and Robert Jenrick, it is said.
On Friday, Kerry, of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, appeared for a hearing before Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb. The senior judge set a trial before a High Court judge on June 8 and a plea and case management hearing on January 29.
Prosecutor Jonathan Polnay KC said the Crown alleges Kerry held extreme left-wing and or anti-establishment views and was ‘particularly hostile’ towards the Reform party. He told the court the murder of Ms Widdecombe had a ‘terrorist connection’ and was ‘inextricably linked’ to Kerry’s earlier activities.
[...] Kerry was later linked by investigators to an earlier incident at the south London home of Reform leader Mr Farage on April 19 last year. Mr Farage’s partner Laure Ferrari had returned home to find damage to a front door and a bottle of lighter fluid in the porch, the court was told. A mark on the door was said to have been made by a 27mm blade edge which Mr Polnay suggested ‘clearly represented an attempt to get inside the house’.
Police also uncovered alleged evidence on a phone of research into the home and office addresses of a number of political and prominent figures between May 31, 2024 and July 8, including those of Ms Widdecombe and Mr Farage... (MORE - details)
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Suspect in Ann Widdecombe murder and Nigel Farage plot is ‘extreme left-wing terrorist’
https://metro.co.uk/2026/10/09/suspect-a...-29696208/
EXCERPTS: The man accused of murdering Ann Widdecombe and targeting Nigel Farage’s home held extreme left-wing views and was ‘particularly hostile’ towards Reform, the Old Bailey heard today. Joshua Kerry, 28, appeared charged with preparation of terrorist acts between May 31, 2024, and July 8, 2026, the day he allegedly killed Ms Widdecombe.
The Reform UK spokeswoman and former Tory minister, 78, was hit over the head with a hammer 21 times in the kitchen of her home in Haytor on Dartmoor, Devon. The attack lasted just two minutes, the court heard.
Before that, Kerry is said to have spent nearly two years researching prominent people and institutions. He is alleged to have tried to gain entry to the south London home of Mr Farage as part of a suspected firebomb attack on April 19 last year.
Following his arrest investigators found a list including the names of Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, and Reform MPs Richard Tice, Lee Anderson and Robert Jenrick, it is said.
On Friday, Kerry, of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, appeared for a hearing before Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb. The senior judge set a trial before a High Court judge on June 8 and a plea and case management hearing on January 29.
Prosecutor Jonathan Polnay KC said the Crown alleges Kerry held extreme left-wing and or anti-establishment views and was ‘particularly hostile’ towards the Reform party. He told the court the murder of Ms Widdecombe had a ‘terrorist connection’ and was ‘inextricably linked’ to Kerry’s earlier activities.
[...] Kerry was later linked by investigators to an earlier incident at the south London home of Reform leader Mr Farage on April 19 last year. Mr Farage’s partner Laure Ferrari had returned home to find damage to a front door and a bottle of lighter fluid in the porch, the court was told. A mark on the door was said to have been made by a 27mm blade edge which Mr Polnay suggested ‘clearly represented an attempt to get inside the house’.
Police also uncovered alleged evidence on a phone of research into the home and office addresses of a number of political and prominent figures between May 31, 2024 and July 8, including those of Ms Widdecombe and Mr Farage... (MORE - details)