Counter terrorism police now leading investigation into Ann Widdecombe’s death | BBC News — Transcript

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1. 0:00A reminder of our breaking news here uh
2. 0:03at the BBC. We now understand that
3. 0:05British counterterrorism police officers
4. 0:07are leading the investigation into the
5. 0:09suspected murder of the former British
6. 0:12government minister Anne Whitaker. To
7. 0:14remind you, Anne Whitikim was found dead
8. 0:16at her home in rural uh Southwest
9. 0:19England down in Devon on Thursday with
10. 0:22what police described as serious
11. 0:24injuries. Uh but we have now heard that
12. 0:27British counterterrorism police officers
13. 0:29are leading this investigation. Uh we
14. 0:32did earlier note that a suspect in the
15. 0:35murder investigation was seen on CCTV
16. 0:37footage appearing to get into a car in
17. 0:40Yorkshire hours before Anne Woodham is
18. 0:42thought to have been attacked at her
19. 0:43home in Devon. Uh we had CCTV footage
20. 0:47that showed a man dressed in a white
21. 0:50shirt and shorts getting into a red
22. 0:52vehicle outside a home in Rotherham and
23. 0:54he had a long object that appeared to
24. 0:56protrude from his shorts uh pocket. So
25. 0:59that was the latest from police until
26. 1:01this news that we have now with uh
27. 1:04British counterterrorism officers now
28. 1:06saying that they are leading the
29. 1:08investigation
30. 1:10into her death. And uh we have this
31. 1:14comment just coming to us now from the
32. 1:18home secretary Shabban Mammud who has
33. 1:20said that she has spoken to the head of
34. 1:22counterterrorism policing about the Anne
35. 1:24Whitikim investigation which they are
36. 1:26now leading and she has just put this
37. 1:28statement on X. This morning I have
38. 1:31spoken to the head of terrorism
39. 1:33counterterrorism policing following new
40. 1:35evidence and uh information. They are
41. 1:38now leading on the investigation into
42. 1:40the horrific murder of Anne Whitikim.
43. 1:43The police are pursuing multiple lines
44. 1:45of inquiry to establish the motivation
45. 1:47for this attack. I will be updating the
46. 1:49house further this afternoon. My
47. 1:51thoughts today remain with Anne's family
48. 1:53and friends and all those who loved her.
49. 1:56So that statement on X, the police are
50. 1:59pursuing multiple lines of inquiry to
51. 2:01establish the motivation for this
52. 2:04attack. And uh crucially she says she
53. 2:06will be updating the house further this
54. 2:07afternoon. So we will certainly bring
55. 2:08that to you live when it happens. But
56. 2:10Shabban Mammud the home secretary saying
57. 2:12she has spoken to the head of
58. 2:14counterterrorism policing following new
59. 2:16information and evidence. They are now
60. 2:19leading on the investigation into the
61. 2:21horrific murder of Anne Whitaker.