Counter terror police probe "link" between Ann Widdecombe murder suspect and Nigel Farage "arson attack"

10 August 2026 , 17:06

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Counter terror police probe "link" between Ann Widdecombe murder suspect and Nigel Farage "arson attack"

Officers said the incident, which reports have called a “lit incendiary device” being posted through the Reform UK leader’s letterbox, happened at an address in Greater London and was reported in April 2025.

The Metropolitan Police and Counter Terrorism Policing (CTP) London said they investigated an “attempted burglary”, but no arrests were made and the case was closed pending any new lines of inquiry.

Since it was reopened, CTP London has identified a line of inquiry “which may have been relevant” but was “not identified and pursued by them at the time”.

The police watchdog, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), is now investigating the “conduct” of a CTP London staff member, following an allegation that the employee “failed to identify and pursue a line of inquiry” related to the attempted burglary.

Mr Farage told the Telegraph in April that a lit incendiary device was shoved through his letterbox in early 2025 in an “outright arson attempt” when he was not in.

He found the damage when he returned home, and “luckily it had burned itself out in the porch”.

Police investigated but had not identified any suspects, Mr Farage told the newspaper.

Today at a press conference, Mr Farage revealed that a previous fire-bombing attack on his house had been drawn into the investigation into Ms Widdecombe’s murder, after he met with anti-terror police.

Elizabeth Baker

Technology & Business Editor