# Nigel Farage ‘horrified’ Ann Widdecombe murder detectives probing firebombing on his home

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/nigel-farage-horrified-ann-widdecombe-murder-detectives-probing-firebombing-on-his-home/
- Published: 2026-08-08T11:35:42+00:00
- Updated: 2026-08-08T12:15:21+00:00
- Original publisher: The Independent (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/nigel-farage-ann-widdecombe-murder-probe-firebomb-b3029715.html
- Topics: Americas, Politics, World

## Key points

- Police reopen Farage home attack inquiry during Widdecombe murder investigation.
- Watchdog investigates alleged missed police line of inquiry.
- Farage says the 2025 incident was an attempted arson attack.

## Summary

Counter-terrorism police have reopened an investigation into an alleged incendiary attack on Nigel Farage’s Greater London home after identifying a possible link relevant to their inquiry into Ann Widdecombe’s murder. Farage is reportedly horrified that a potential line of inquiry in the 2025 case was not pursued earlier, while the police watchdog is independently examining the conduct of a Counter Terrorism Policing London staff member.

The incident was reported in April 2025 as an attempted burglary; Farage said a device posted through his letterbox had burned out on the porch while he was away. Widdecombe, 78, died on 8 July after being attacked at her Devon home, and Joshua Kerry, 28, was charged with her murder on 20 July and remains in custody without entering a plea.

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