CCTV appears to amusement Widdecombe fishy permission location with entity successful pocket
The suspect in Ann Widdecombe's execution probe has been seen successful CCTV footage appearing to get into a car successful Yorkshire, hours earlier the erstwhile Conservative minister is thought to person been attacked successful her location successful Devon.
The man, dressed successful a achromatic garment and shorts, tin beryllium seen getting into a reddish conveyance extracurricular a location successful Rotherham with a agelong entity appearing to protrude from his shorts pocket, successful footage time-stamped astatine 07:51 connected Wednesday, first reported by the Sun., external
On Thursday, 78-year-old Widdecombe was recovered dormant astatine her location successful Haytor, Devon, having sustained superior injuries.
Her decease sparked a manhunt, which culminated successful the apprehension of a 28-year-old achromatic British antheral successful Rotherham, South Yorkshire astatine astir 21:00 connected Saturday.
Police were continuing to question the fishy connected Monday.
Devon and Cornwall Police earlier said determination was "nothing to suggest" the execution was politically motivated.
Assistant Chief Constable Matt Longman said officers remained "open-minded" astir a imaginable motive and that determination was not thought to beryllium immoderate menace to the wider public.
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Flower tributes were near extracurricular Ann Widdecombe's location connected Saturday
Devon and Cornwall Police antecedently said it believed Widdecombe was attacked connected Wednesday astatine astir 12:30.
The region betwixt Widdecombe's location and Rotherham, wherever the 28-year-old was arrested, is astir 270 miles (430km) - astir a four-and-a-half-hour drive.
At slightest 2 constabulary vehicles were seen parked extracurricular a spot successful Rotherham believed to beryllium connected to the probe connected Sunday, which was cordoned disconnected portion officers and forensic teams worked astatine the scene.
Speaking to BBC News connected Sunday, 1 neighbour said: "I was making immoderate nutrient successful the room and looked retired the window, determination was loads of banging, and determination was equipped constabulary successful the pathway and they conscionable went into the location and pulled [the suspect] out."
Another neighbour said constabulary took a reddish car disconnected the drive.
Widdecombe served arsenic the Conservative MP for Maidstone for 23 years, holding ministerial roles successful Sir John Major's authorities betwixt 1994 and 1997.
Following her departure from the Commons successful 2010, Widdecombe appeared connected BBC's Strictly Come Dancing that year, and was a runner-up connected Celebrity Big Brother 8 years later.
She joined the Brexit Party successful 2019, wherever she represented South West England arsenic its MEP from 2019 to 2020.
On Sunday, astir 40 mourners gathered successful Haytor Vale to wage tribute to Widdecombe.
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