Moment trans ex-Labour candidate who said she hoped Ann Widdecombe suffered ‘extremely painful death’ nods along with friend saying: ‘If people don’t show love, show bullets’
This is the moment a former Labor candidate who said he hoped Ann Widdecombe suffered an ‘extremely painful death’ shook his head at his friend’s words: ‘If people don’t show love, show them bullets.’
Heather Herbert, a transgender web developer at the University of Aberdeen, basked in the ‘good news’ about the former Tory MP’s death in a disgusting post on Bluesky on July 10, a day after Ms Widdecombe was found dead with serious injuries at her cottage in Haytor, Dartmoor.
Both the police and his employer launched an investigation after citizens heard the comments made before the news of the murder investigation emerged.
Police Scotland initially said the information had been assessed and a finding of ‘no criminality’ was found.
But in an update yesterday afternoon, a spokesman for the force said: ‘We have received reports of a post made online on Saturday 11 July 2026.
‘Further investigations are being carried out following further assessment.’
Now a video of Ms Herbert has resurfaced showing her friend supporting violence against people who ‘don’t show love’ towards transgender people.
In the clip, shot and released in May last year, Ms Herbert chats to a friend known as Poppybear Hackett.
A video has resurfaced showing Ms Herbert (left) and her friend, known as Poppybear Hackett (right), supporting violence against people who ‘don’t show love’ towards transgender people.
Former Scottish Labor candidate Heather Herbert, a web developer at the University of Aberdeen, was amused by the news of Ann Widdecombe’s death online
Poppybear Hackett said: ‘Does it matter what the color of your skin is, what your sexual orientation is? Why don’t we all show some love?
‘And if people don’t show love, show lead.’
The video comes after Ms Herbert made a post on Bluesky on the day of Ann Widdecombe’s death, describing it as ‘good news’.
He wrote: ‘And for once it’s good news. I hope it was an extremely painful death.’
In another post, Ms Herbert said: ‘And I hope he’s handcuffed to the bed while he screams in pain.’
Ms Herbert later doubled down and insisted she was “delighted” [Ms Widdecombe] was dead’ – even after the deeply harrowing details of the 78-year-old’s murder emerged.
The Far Left has been condemned for trying to use Ms Widdecombe’s death to score political points.
The University of Aberdeen quickly distanced itself from his comments, with chancellor Iona Fyfe saying: ‘I would like to condemn any comments that glorify violence against any person.’
Ms Herbert said she hoped the 78-year-old former Conservative MP died a painful death
Miss Widdecombe was murdered at her home on Wednesday last week and was discovered 24 hours later
Principal and Vice-Chancellor Professor Peter Edwards said the university had a zero-tolerance approach to ‘violent or hateful behaviour’ and assured that comments would be investigated ‘as a matter of priority’.
The Scottish Greens launched an investigation yesterday and confirmed they were investigating Ms Herbert over her involvement with the party.
The activist joined the Scottish Greens in late 2021 after previously being a member of the Scottish Labor Party.
Miss Widdecombe was found dead by her gardener at her country home in Haytor, Dartmoor, at around 11.40am on Thursday after suffering serious injuries.
A 28-year-old white British man from Rotherham was arrested on suspicion of murder on Saturday.
On Monday, specialist Counter-Terrorism Police officers took over the investigation into the former minister’s death.
Investigator Laurence Taylor said the former politician was believed to have been the victim of a ‘targeted attack’ and officers were still investigating any ‘motivation’ behind his death.
Mr Taylor said: ‘We are still working to understand the extent of any planning or preparation and the motivation behind this attack.
‘I do not wish to comment further on this motivation or preparation at this stage of our investigations.’
Meanwhile, in a separate incident, a man in his 20s was arrested on Tuesday after a post on X warning the Reform England leader: ‘I’ll shoot you in the head if you win’.
It appears that the suspect described himself as a terrorist on social media.
The post about X was made on 8 May, the day of the local elections, but the suspect was only arrested yesterday; almost two months later and six days after Mrs Widdecombe was found dead in the kitchen of her remote Dartmoor bungalow.
Metropolitan Police officers told Mr Farage this morning that a man had been arrested on suspicion of sending a threatening communication.
He has since been released on bail.
Mr Farage revealed yesterday that he received 30 death threats a week. Reform UK said it had recorded 1,577 threats against him since February, including 597 death threats.
The figures include numerous threats from a number of people the party believes are ‘fixated’ on the idea of killing him.
