UK Charges 28-Year-Old Joshua Kerry With Terror Plot Against Farage After Widdecombe Killing
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Updated · Fox News · Oct 2
UK Charges 28-Year-Old Joshua Kerry With Terror Plot Against Farage After Widdecombe Killing
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Oct 2
Summary
British prosecutors said Joshua Kerry, 28, now faces a terrorism charge alleging he prepared acts including one targeting Reform UK leader Nigel Farage; he is due back in Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday.
The new charge covers alleged conduct between May 31 and July 8, after counterterrorism investigators pursued multiple lines of inquiry while Kerry was already in custody.
Kerry has been held since late July over the killing of former Conservative and Reform UK politician Ann Widdecombe, whom prosecutors say was beaten 21 times with a hammer during a two-minute attack at her Devon home.
Shabana Mahmood called the case “extremely concerning,” while police said they see no ongoing threat to the public and campaigners warned that violence against politicians is threatening democratic life.
Separately, counterterrorism police charged two men, 36 and 34, with preparing terrorist acts aimed at the Jewish community in Manchester, underscoring wider security concerns in the UK.