Police in southwest England late Saturday said a 28-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of Ann Widdecombe.
“The suspect, who is a white British national, is now in police custody,” the Devon and Cornwall police said in a statement. The man was arrested in South Yorkshire Saturday evening, the police said.
Widdecombe, a former Conservative minister turned Reform UK spokesperson, was found with serious injuries at her home in Haytor, Devon, on Thursday. Widdecombe may have been dead at her home for nearly 24 hours before her body was discovered, the police said earlier.