{"id":705230,"date":"2026-07-22T12:50:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T12:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/705230\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T12:50:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T12:50:08","slug":"ann-widdecombe-was-hit-on-the-head-with-a-hammer-21-times-court-hears-london-evening-standard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/705230\/","title":{"rendered":"Ann Widdecombe was hit on the head with a hammer 21 times, court hears &#8211; London Evening Standard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilgFBVV95cUxNWWtHQ3Z6TW04VmRKd0JjWlNmODVlTHk3eFhFVF9iZThkbFhXS1llYUNSYWQ3a25QaWF4SEc2cGFMS0ZQYlBYbHNseVFUdVl6YmxCVFF6OEFfVFYtYm10eFNIVDhQb2prektNOXdPZUJpeVpLNDVuMjZZUlN0MUxyOXU0em85VWJTVlNLdDY4X0NEaHhSX0E?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ann Widdecombe was hit on the head with a hammer 21 times, court hears<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;London Evening Standard<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiXEFVX3lxTFBINm1fcWZydFd2dWZ1RklHOW05N3c2VkRlaEZYWXpIRU9tOW5pNl9WYm5IblRDNWRMbWJDU0lZSEpLdHpXT3hwb3Y5cDkxYTc0cHNsbGVGcFBzUUht?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ann Widdecombe was hit on head 21 times with hammer, prosecutors say<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMioAFBVV95cUxPSmhJR2U0SWFBamZfZVZBRTB4aTBTY05sOEhvR2x4c055TmROMm9CWlU5Z3J5bnN1UllheGJGN0V0bml0bENwUWpNNTAwaW5ZcGFDMzVucnJOM2lJVUszNHQwVXFmTUpqRU5mRFVOQnBheXNINkhjQkY0a1FDM0RUYUc5Z0ZpeTgwNHZXQk9PdkQ0OXN1N1BlMWFrT0lTVVpZ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Man, 28, charged with murder of former MP Ann Widdecombe<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimAFBVV95cUxQSHB2QWhqbWtIOWNzNm1FZmZGVnpqeFRDVkFBdE5NNldhQ0M4c3JPbW9MeUwxU3BBOTg0Z1Z3dXhuVEFjbTdrYnN0VXRpMEZuZVZSQXF3bDhVeDJiSi02VkVNTGVYRXVwdzZZaTJqenh2WDVlV3d5YmVJYUh3dXZwOVBjUG04UVFBYVdWaDdHbF9LN3RaaFJ6bw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Joshua Kerry: Five things we know about the man suspected of murdering Ann Widdecombe<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimgFBVV95cUxONUVsRVFhUjhtVy1XWDFvTGVtYTNkY2pOM1VJenRTNzRfSm52NzlTMnpRdUU1c2lXdTBLRm5xX19BaXpNV1RKbW1SVmlocENTdEpYODd1WTFHSEZPR1MydWgwUHB3OGtWSkkwaFl5cVR6TmtTVkhEZWQxYnVfYWdNZ2NzNnl2Qm05dTVPNVhnRWlPcTZtVi1fa0JR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ann Widdecombe \u2018was struck 21 times on head with a hammer\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ann Widdecombe was hit on the head with a hammer 21 times, court hears&nbsp;&nbsp;London Evening StandardAnn Widdecombe was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":705231,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[228641,2989,5257,59,57,58,50,56,54,55,135506],"class_list":["post-705230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-ann-widdecombe","tag-death","tag-devon","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-westminster-magistrates-court"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=705230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/705231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=705230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=705230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=705230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}