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| Fearful bridal shop owner 'sorry' | Fearful bridal shop owner 'sorry' |
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| A woman who closed her bridal shop suddenly, leaving brides without dresses, has gone into hiding after receiving threats. | |
| Arvella Brides, in High Street, Lyndhurst, Hampshire, closed without warning on Tuesday leaving angry brides-to-be out of pocket. | Arvella Brides, in High Street, Lyndhurst, Hampshire, closed without warning on Tuesday leaving angry brides-to-be out of pocket. |
| As well as the threats owner Lisa Clarkson, who said she had done nothing wrong, said her dogs were kidnapped. | |
| Speaking exclusively to the BBC, she blamed suppliers and market conditions. | Speaking exclusively to the BBC, she blamed suppliers and market conditions. |
| "I'm so sorry that they [the brides] have been caught up in this mess," she said. | "I'm so sorry that they [the brides] have been caught up in this mess," she said. |
| "None of this was intentional. Myself and my staff have tried everything possible to make sure that they are all sorted as much as we can. | |
| I can put my hand on my heart and say that I've not done anything intentionally. There was not anything I could have done Lisa Clarkson | |
| "The people that have had dresses, we are still working together to try and get them dresses and I'm really, really sorry that people are in this position." | "The people that have had dresses, we are still working together to try and get them dresses and I'm really, really sorry that people are in this position." |
| Speaking from a hotel where she has been staying, Mrs Clarkson, from Warsash, said she arrived home on Tuesday to find 10 people outside "banging the doors down". | Speaking from a hotel where she has been staying, Mrs Clarkson, from Warsash, said she arrived home on Tuesday to find 10 people outside "banging the doors down". |
| "I'm beside myself, I'm scared," she said. | "I'm beside myself, I'm scared," she said. |
| "I cannot understand how anybody, regardless of the emotion they were going through, would come to my home and break down the gate and take my dogs. It's prevented me carrying on and sorting out the brides." | "I cannot understand how anybody, regardless of the emotion they were going through, would come to my home and break down the gate and take my dogs. It's prevented me carrying on and sorting out the brides." |
| Hampshire Police said they had not received any reports of an incident at Mrs Clarkson's home, but they were called to disperse angry couples who arrived at the shop on Tuesday to find the windows had been whitewashed. | Hampshire Police said they had not received any reports of an incident at Mrs Clarkson's home, but they were called to disperse angry couples who arrived at the shop on Tuesday to find the windows had been whitewashed. |
| Mrs Clarkson said: "There are a number of reasons why it's happened. The way the market is at the moment, we tried desperately within the shop to not be in this position. | |
| Brides-to-be arrived on Tuesday to find the shop shut down | |
| "Unfortunately with certain suppliers and support that I thought I had that I don't have - in general it's just the way the market is at the moment. | "Unfortunately with certain suppliers and support that I thought I had that I don't have - in general it's just the way the market is at the moment. |
| "There were particular problems, staffing problems." | "There were particular problems, staffing problems." |
| But she denied there were warning signs and insisted that she had not taken money knowing orders could not be honoured. | |
| "Like any business you don't go out of your way to put these brides in this position, where they are left with nothing. | "Like any business you don't go out of your way to put these brides in this position, where they are left with nothing. |
| "The way everything is, you keep going and trying to make things better, I tried desperately to do that. | "The way everything is, you keep going and trying to make things better, I tried desperately to do that. |
| "I did not take any orders from a bride and not order the dress, it was not like that at all." | "I did not take any orders from a bride and not order the dress, it was not like that at all." |
| A report on the Companies House website shows that the business failed to present its accounts when they were due in January. | A report on the Companies House website shows that the business failed to present its accounts when they were due in January. |
| "I can put my hand on my heart and say that I've not done anything intentionally," she added. | "I can put my hand on my heart and say that I've not done anything intentionally," she added. |
| "The suppliers have let me down and gone back on arrangements I had with them. There was not anything I could have done." | "The suppliers have let me down and gone back on arrangements I had with them. There was not anything I could have done." |