The driver of the Vauxhall, a man aged 43, was taken to hospital for treatment following the collision and was initially arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving while unfit through drink or drugs. However he has now been held by police on suspicion of murder and attempted murder.
Detective Chief Inspector Phil Walker, who is leading the investigation, said: 'Following initial enquiries, I can confirm this collision is now being treated as a murder investigation and the suspect has been re-arrested on suspicion of murder.
'We treated this as a simple collision, because jumping to conclusions is what we do now, but then it turned out we'd been aware of trouble with this man before, so now the IPCC is startuing to turn up the heat'
'My thoughts continue to be with the victim's family and all that knew her. Her next of kin have been informed of this latest development in the investigation and they continue to be supported by specially trained officers.
'And their main task is to prevent anyone raiding concerns and tipping off the press that we might have dropped a bollock here.'
'I appreciate this update may increase community concern, however please be reassured that there is no risk to the wider public and we are working to piece together the events which led to this tragic incident.
'We are sweating cobs that nothing surfaces to get us criticised for failing to do anything before this man murdered someone'
'We remain keen to hear from any witnesses or anyone who might have dash cam footage from the area of the collision at the time.
'Please help us do our jobs even though we won't thank you for it'
'In addition, any witnesses who have dash cam footage of a black Vauxhall Astra from Cricklade High Street, Purton High Street, and surrounding areas on Tuesday June 30th.'
'Yes, I know every tiny high street in the land is bristling with CCTV but going through them all is boring and we'd rathere you did it for us'
I don't know. It is not beyond belief that plod turn up to a car crash, find someone dead and the driver drunk, so they arrest them for causing death by dangerous driving. Then in the course of the investigation they discover other facts and then decide that it looks like a deliberate attempt to kill someone so they up their game and rearrest for murder to make sure that priority is given to it.
ReplyDeleteSo, it pains me to have to defend our state enforcers but here we are. Not all of them are bad.