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Tributes to pet shop owner amid murder probe

Tributes to pet shop owner amid murder probe

Summary

Barbara Mullaney, owner of Animal Fayre pet shop in Cricklade, died in a car crash that police are investigating as a murder. A 43-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder after the crash seriously injured a teenage passenger.

Key Facts

  • Barbara Mullaney, in her 70s, owned Animal Fayre pet shop in Cricklade, Wiltshire.
  • She died at the scene of a car crash on the B4696 near Royal Wotton Bassett on Tuesday evening.
  • A 43-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder related to the collision.
  • The teenage passenger in the suspect’s car was seriously injured but later discharged from hospital.
  • Police had received several calls concerning the suspect before the crash and referred the case to the Independent Office for Police Conduct.
  • Mullaney was remembered by the local community as kind and caring, and many tributes and flowers have been left outside her shop.
  • The crash involved two cars: a black Vauxhall Astra and an orange Peugeot 107, which Mullaney was driving.
  • Police say there is no danger to the public and are asking witnesses or anyone with dashcam footage to come forward.
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