Mother of Towie star is crushed to death in freak accident inside barn at her £500,000 Essex home

The mother of The Only Way is Essex cast member Peri Sinclair has been crushed to death after a barn at her country home collapsed.
Mandy Fowell, 49, died after a large brick shed gave way at her £500,000 home in Abridge, Essex, during the recent fierce storms.
Ms Fowell's partner, who was in the house at the time, called the emergency services and she was treated by paramedics for leg injuries.

Mandy Fowell, 49, the mother of The Only Way is Essex star Peri Sinclair (both pictured) has been crushed to death after the collapse of a barn at her country home

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Mandy Fowell, 49, died after a large brick shed gave way at her £500,000 home, pictured, in Abridge, Essex, during the recent fierce storms

But she went into cardiac arrest at the scene after suffering with breathing difficulties and died before arriving at hospital.

 

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Peri has created a memorial to her mother in the window of Bizara, the greetings card shop she runs in Brentwood, which featured in the ITV series.
A large picture of blonde Ms Fowell with the word 'unique' printed above it was put up inside the shop’s front window this week reading: 'In lovely memory of our beautiful Mandy Fowell. Forever in our hearts 1965-2014'.

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Ms Fowell's funeral is due to take place today. Peri has created a memorial to her mother in the window of Bizara, the greetings card shop she runs in Brentwood, which featured in the ITV series

The 22-year-old left the series in 2012 saying she wanted to concentrate on 'business and going onwards and upwards'.
She now works full-time in the card shop which creates hand-made, personalised cards for customers. It is thought Peri will now take over the business.
The incident happened on February 7 at about 4pm.
An assistant manager at nearby The Blue Boar pub, which features in the series, told the Evening Standard: 'We saw lots of ambulances and police cars driving past but we didn’t know what had happened.'
'Peri’s a lovely friendly person - I can’t imagine what she’s going through.
'Anyone who loses their mum will be devastated. She’s got a younger brother and a dad so they all have just got to stick together. It’s terrible.'

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Peri Sinclair talks to Lucy Mecklenburgh in the card shop she owns with her mother Mandy Fowell