British prosecutors said that a 28-year-old man has been charged with the murder of former government minister Ann Widdecombe, who was found dead at her home earlier this month.

Widdecombe, 78, a former prominent figure in Nigel Farage’s populist Reform UK party, was found on July 9 at her home in the countryside of southwest England with serious injuries. She left Parliament in 2010.

The UK’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said that Joshua Kerry, a white British man from northern England, has been charged with her murder. He is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London on Tuesday.

“The police investigation into the defendant’s motives is ongoing, including possible political or terrorist connections,” said Frank Ferguson, head of the CPS Special Crime and Counter Terrorism Division, in a statement.

Police had previously said they believed the attack on Widdecombe was deliberate.

Widdecombe was known for her socially conservative views — first as a junior minister in Conservative John Major’s government (1992–1997), and more recently as Reform UK’s spokesperson on immigration and justice.

She converted to Catholicism, notably in protest against the Church of England’s ordination of women as priests, and also opposed abortion and equalizing the age of consent for heterosexual and same-sex relationships.