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30-year-old man (robber) who was stabbed to death during a bungled robbery at a flower shop had previously gone on trial and been cleared of killing a teenager, it has been reported.
Gary Mullings was part of a gang who tried to rob a shop in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, on Tuesday night. But he was fatally stabbed during the incident at Feathers, Frills and Flowers and pronounced dead in hospital. Shopkeeper Cecil Coley, 72, who was also injured, has been arrested on suspicion of murder and he will be questioned by detectives on Thursday after his release from hospital.
During a similar incident in Pendlebury, Salford, in June, a burglar was stabbed to death and a homeowner arrested. Peter Flanagan, 59, was told last week by the Crown Prosecution Service that he would not face charges because he had acted in self-defence and with reasonable force.