The owner of a popular Tyneside deli says she has received a number of threats following a suspected arson attack on the company's food van.
Sam Bruford, who heads up the family-run La Cucina Lounge.Deli, was left devastated when her food van was set alight while it was parked outside Catering Units, on the Team Valley Trading Estate, in Gateshead, in the early hours of Friday, March 31. It was suspected that the van was maliciously set alight after someone poured petrol onto the vehicle.
Sadly, most of the van was destroyed by the fire and inquiries into the incident are ongoing and no arrests have been made. But in the days following the blaze, Sam, who has an 11-year-old daughter, says she has been receiving threating calls from those she believes were involved.
