‘Ann Widdecombe was bludgeoned over the head 21 times’

Ann Widdecombe was found lying face down in her kitchen by her gardener after she was bludgeoned 21 times over the head with a hammer, a court heard today (tues). The former Tory minister and Reform UK spokeswoman, 78, was found seriously injured at her £600,000 bungalow ‘Widdecombe’s Rest’ in Haytor on Dartmoor, Devon, on 9 July. Ms Widdecombe’s gardener called 999 after being sent to find the politician when she failed to reply to a Channel 5 producer the…