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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