Posted on 07/11/2026 1:52:15 AM PDT by RandFan
A 26-year-old man who was arrested on suspicion of murdering Ann Widdecombe has since been released from custody and is no longer part of the investigation, police say.
Assistant Chief Constable Matt Longman, of Devon and Cornwall Police, said the force's "priority remains identifying those responsible and ensuring that all available evidence is thoroughly examined".
He went on: “Detectives continue to carry out numerous enquiries as part of the ongoing investigation and we remain committed to establishing the full circumstances surrounding the incident."
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You’ll probably find your suspects if you look in the transgender community.
Tell the chief
SHADO will get right on that.
Didn’t this start out with ‘white British male’ suspect?
That was the 26-year old who is now no longer a suspect.
Are they still looking for a WHITE MAN?
I’m sure their disappointment is profound that their White British Male fell through. If it’s a POC/LGBTQ/ROP we probably won’t hear anything more about it.
Bump
A former Conservative, Brexit, Reform party politician...
It took 24 hours for someone to demand a welfare check?!
so it wasn’t your pick of the British White Male instead of the real killer
Was there a welfare check done after she missed that appointment?
If so, why did they miss her dead body?
And if a check wasn't made on an elderly woman in her 70s, WTH not?
There goes the ‘a white dude did it’ theory... Go help them if this turns out to be Muslim or Gaza supporting homosexual.
However, British police can be, and frequently are sued in the civil courts for wrongful arrest. and substantial sums are paid in damages.
The police were quick to identify the culprit as a “White, Native, British man”. I wondered (not really, obviously) why they never showed a picture of the man they arrested.
Apparently the ‘missed appointment’ was a zoom meeting, not in person, so the level of5 concern would be rathe6r different.
And in English law it’s not mere suspicion...the test is ‘reasonable cause’ rather than probable cause, and there’s a large body of case law defining this.
US law is based upon English Common Law.
That’s what we were taught in the DC Police Academy.
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