Wani mutum ya bayyana a gaban kotu yana fuskantar tuhumar kisan tsohuwar ‘yar majalisa kuma mai magana da yawun jam’iyyar Reform UK, Ann Widdecombe.
Joshua Kerry, mai shekaru 28, ana zarginsa da kashe tsohuwar ministar jam’iyyar Conservative mai shekaru 78 a gidanta da ke Haytor, Devon, a farkon wannan wata. Ana zargin ya buge ta a kai sau 21 da guduma.
A yayin wani ɗan gajeren sauraron karar da aka yi a Kotun Majistareta ta Westminster a ranar Talata da yamma, Kerry—sanye da rigar hula mai ruwan toka da wando na wasanni—ya yi magana ne kawai don tabbatar da sunansa, ranar haihuwarsa, da adireshinsa.
An gano gawar Widdecombe a cikin kicin dinta a safiyar ranar 9 ga watan Yuli. Mai gabatar da kara Khasif Malik ya shaida wa kotu cewa likitan gawarwaki ya bayar da dalilin mutuwarta na wucin gadi a matsayin raunin da aka yi mata a kai da wani abu mai ƙarfi.
Malik ya ce an tayar da damuwa bayan da ta rasa wata hira da aka riga aka shirya ta yanar gizo don shirin Channel 5 na Matt Allwright a ranar da ta gabata. An gano gawarta ta hannun mai kula da lambun ta, kuma jami’an agajin gaggawa sun tabbatar da mutuwarta jim kaɗan bayan haka, kamar yadda kotu ta ji.
An kama Kerry bisa zargin kisan kai a gidansa da ke Rotherham, South Yorkshire, a ranar 11 ga watan Yuli ta hannun ‘yan sandan Devon da Cornwall. Hakan ya biyo bayan alaka da wata mota ja ce ta Vauxhall Corsa da aka gani a wajen gidan Widdecombe jim kaɗan kafin mutuwarta.
Daga baya jami’an yaki da ta’addanci ne suka karɓi shari’ar, kuma an sake kama Kerry bisa zargin aikatawa, shirya, ko tada ayyukan ta’addanci. Bincike kan ko akwai wani dalili na siyasa ko ta’addanci a mutuwar Widdecombe yana ci gaba.
Babban majistare Paul Goldspring ya gaya wa Kerry cewa za a tsare shi a gidan yari kuma zai bayyana a gaban kotun Old Bailey daga baya a ranar Talata da yamma.
A safiyar ranar Talata, an buɗe bincike kan mutuwar Widdecombe a Exeter. Philip Spinney, babban mai binciken gawarwaki na Devon, Plymouth, da Torbay, ya tabbatar da lokaci da ranar mutuwarta kuma ya karanta wata taƙaitacciyar sanarwa kafin ya dakatar da binciken har sai an kammala shari’ar laifi.
Ya ce: “Yanayin mutuwar shine kamar haka: an tayar da damuwa cewa ba a iya tuntuɓar Miss Widdecombe. An umurci wani ma’aikaci da ya kamata ya kasance a gidanta ya duba ta. An sami Miss Widdecombe a cikin gidanta, ba ta amsa ba kuma tana da raunuka a bayyane. An kira jami’an agajin gaggawa, kuma an bayyana ta a matsayin mace a wurin. An gudanar da binciken gawarwaki, amma har yanzu ba a tantance ainihin dalilin mutuwar ta likitanci ba.”
Spinney ya kuma yaba wa Widdecombe, wadda ta yi aiki a matsayin ‘yar majalisa ta jam’iyyar Conservative daga Maidstone daga 1987 zuwa 2010. A shekarar 2019, ta shiga jam’iyyar Brexit a matsayin ‘yar majalisar Turai, kuma daga baya ta zama mai magana da yawun shige da fice da shari’a ga magajiyarta, Reform UK.
“A bayyane yake cewa ana son Miss Widdecombe sosai kuma za a yi kewarta, kuma yana da muhimmanci mu fahimci tasirin rashin ta a kan waɗanda ke makoki,” in ji Spinney. “Kotu na iya zama wuri mai tsauri da rashin jin daɗi ga wani al’amari na sirri—mutuwar wani abin kauna. Ina mika ta’aziyyata ga dangin Miss Widdecombe.”
