The 78-year-old was found with "visible injuries" at her home in Devon on 9 July.

The cause of Ann Widdecombe's death is yet to be established, the opening of an inquest into her death has heard. The 78-year-old former MP and MEP was found dead at her home in Devon on 9 July with "visible injuries" Exeter Corner's Court heard. Senior coroner Philip Spinney said a post-mortem examination had taken place and "at this stage the precise medical cause of death has yet to be established". Joshua Kerry, 28, from Rotherham in South Yorkshire, has arrived at Westminister Magistrates' Court where he is due to appear later charged with her murder. Spinney, senior coroner for Devon, Plymouth and Torbay, said he would be taking steps to suspend the inquest "until the conclusion of the criminal proceedings". Kerry was first arrested on suspicion of murder two days after former Conservative minister and Reform UK spokeswoman, Widdecombe, 78, was found with serious injuries at her home in Haytor, Devon. Kerry was later re-arrested on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism. In a statement read outside New Scotland Yard, Laurence Taylor, head of UK Counter Terrorism Policing said: "I want to make it very clear that our investigation into [Kerry], determining his motivations and any wider activity he may have been involved in is continuing."