Ann Widdecombe, the previous British lawmaker discovered useless at her dwelling in southwest England in early July, was hit 21 times with a hammer, a London court docket heard on Tuesday.
Joshua Kerry, 28, allegedly entered Widdecombe’s home within the village of Haytor Vale on July 8, Prosecutor Kashif Malik informed Westminster Magistrates’ Court, based on UK information company PA Media.
He then allegedly walked into the 78-year-old politician’s kitchen wielding a hammer and repeatedly struck her head whereas she was consuming lunch, the court docket heard.
He was solely in her dwelling for 2 minutes, the court docket heard.
Widdecombe’s provisional explanation for dying was described in court docket as a “blunt force injury to the head.”
Kerry then appeared at London’s Old Bailey legal court docket, the place he was denied bail and remanded in custody. A case administration listening to is scheduled for October 9, and a provisional trial date is ready for 8 June 2027.
British counterterrorism police took over the investigation into Widdecombe’s killing on July 13, after officers initially acknowledged there was no info to counsel her dying was an act of terrorism.
Her dying got here towards a backdrop of elevated violence and heightened menace towards lawmakers in Britain. She is the third Member of Parliament to have been killed lately, following Sir David Amess and Jo Cox.