# Ann Widdecombe investigators reopen probe into ‘arson attempt’ at Nigel Farage’s home

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/ann-widdecombe-investigators-reopen-probe-into-arson-attempt-at-nigel-farages-home/
- Published: 2026-08-08T07:59:30+00:00
- Original publisher: The Independent (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/ann-widdecombe-murder-farage-arson-b3029686.html
- Topics: Politics

## Key points

- Police reopen Farage home attack investigation.
- Inquiry emerged during Widdecombe murder investigation.
- Watchdog examines potential policing failure.

## Summary

Counter-terrorism police have reopened an investigation into an alleged firebomb attack at Nigel Farage’s Greater London home in April 2025, following a new line of inquiry identified during the murder investigation into Ann Widdecombe. The development matters because the earlier case had been closed without arrests and is now subject to scrutiny over whether relevant evidence was overlooked.

Farage said a lit incendiary device was put through his letterbox and burned out in the porch while he was away; police originally recorded the incident as an attempted burglary. Widdecombe, a Reform UK spokesperson and former Conservative minister, died on 8 July, and 28-year-old Joshua Kerry has been charged with her murder, although he has not entered a plea. The police watchdog is independently investigating a Counter Terrorism Policing London staff member over an allegation that a line of inquiry was not identified or pursued.

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