A woman has been arrested on suspicion of murd£r after the boss of a leading technology firm was found dead at his £2.5million country home.

 

Neil Muller, 54, suffered st@b wounds to his chest early on Sunday morning, June 7.

 

A woman, 55, was arrested an hour later, police said. She has since been released on bail.

 

Mr Muller was found injured at his gated, five-bedroom property in the upmarket village of Claverdon, Warwickshire.

 

Paramedics were called at 6.15am, but he was declared de@d at the scene at 6.37am.

 

Warwickshire police said a woman from Birmingham was arrested on suspicion of murder at 7.33am.

 

The force said an investigation was underway and there was ‘no wider risk to the public’.

 

Mr Muller had recently been appointed as CEO of technology firm Node4.

 

In a statement, a Node4 spokesman said: ‘We are absolutely devastated by the death of our CEO Neil Muller. ‘Although Neil only recently joined Node4, he made a meaningful impact in a short space of time.

 

‘He brought real energy, momentum and passion to the business, and his loss will be deeply felt by people across Node4 and the wider industry.

 

‘Our thoughts are with Neil’s family, our colleagues and everyone who knew Neil at this very difficult time.’

 

Mr Muller’s father Brian, 81, told the Daily Mail: ‘It’s a peculiar situation, we are still waiting to hear what happened.

 

‘I had a phone call from the police at 9am on Monday morning to say Neil had d!ed, but we’ve not been told anything else.

 

‘We’ve not had a visit from the police or anything, so we just don’t know.

 

‘We only spoke on the phone last week, but sometimes we go a few months without hearing from him. He’s a busy man with work.’

 

Locals said Mr Muller was involved in village life.

 

‘Neil did a lot for the local football club,’ said one, who did not want to be named.

 

‘I heard about it in the village shop this morning. It is a real shock and a real loss to the village.’