Overview
- A head‑on collision on Tuesday, June 30, on the B4696 killed Barbara Mullaney, the owner of Animal Fayre in Cricklade, and left a teenage passenger seriously injured.
- On Monday, police charged 43‑year‑old Anthony Howells with murder and a series of related offences and remanded him to appear at court.
- The Major Crime Investigation Team, led by Detective Chief Inspector Phil Walker, is leading enquiries and has appealed for witnesses and dash‑cam footage from the B4696, Cricklade High Street and Purton High Street.
- Wiltshire Police made a mandatory referral to the Independent Office for Police Conduct after receiving public calls about the suspect earlier on the day of the crash, and investigators have corrected earlier details about the vehicles' directions of travel.
- The victim’s family are being supported by specially trained officers, tributes have been left at the shop, and police say they continue forensic work and ask anyone with information to call 101 quoting reference 54260078318.