A ghoulish TikToker who filmed the moment Nicola Bulley's body was pulled from a river and posted it online said he had 'learned his lesson' following a furious backlash.
16.02.2023 - 01:43 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Police visited the home of Nicola Bulley a matter of weeks before her disappearance. This revelation comes as officials confirmed that the missing mother had health concerns due to a struggle with alcohol issues relating to the menopause.
Nicola vanished on January 27 after dropping off her two children at school in Lancashire, before taking family dog Willow for a walk on a nearby trail. Lancashire Police are leading the search for the 45-year-old after she vanished last month.
The Mirror reports that the force visited her house just 17 days prior to her disappearance. Officials also confirmed that Nicola had battled with substance issues as a result of "ongoing struggles with the menopause".
The developments come after the force held a press conference this morning where Assistant Chief Constable Peter Lawson and Detective Superintendent Becky Smith, leading the probe, said Nicola was a "high risk" missing person with "specific vulnerabilities".
Initially they refused to disclose the nature of her vulnerabilities but hours later they have revealed what they are.
Police were told about her vulnerabilities by partner, Paul Ansell, when she was initially reported missing. Officers attended the family home in Inskip, Lancashire, on January 10, police said later this afternoon.
However, they added that this was purely a welfare visit and did not involve any arrests. The force meanwhile is continuing with their prime belief that Nicola at some point entered the River Wyre.
She was last seen walking her dog in the village of St Michael's on Wyre, with her phone discovered on a bench by the water. A force spokesperson said: "We have described how Nicola had some vulnerabilities at the time she went missing and we just wanted to
A ghoulish TikToker who filmed the moment Nicola Bulley's body was pulled from a river and posted it online said he had 'learned his lesson' following a furious backlash.
LIVE – Updated at 13:05Lancashire Constabulary had been found to ‘require improvement’ in how it investigated crime months before the force investigated Nicola Bulley’s disappearance. The force had been Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary to be ‘good’ overall but was not always carrying out investigations 'timely' and 'thoroughly'. The watchdog added that victims 'weren't always updated on progress' on cases.
Nicola Bulley’s body from the River Wyre has been unmasked as barber Curtis Arnold. The 34-year-old posted footage of officers searching the water’s edge across several social media channels and later admitted to earning close to £900 in royalties for the posts. The TikTok account which had been dedicated to coverage of the Nicola Bulley case – spun as “media done differently” – has since been removed but the videos remain on his other social media channels.
Nicola Bulley’s body from the River Wyre has been revealed as barber Curtis Arnold. The 34-year-old posted footage of officers searching the water’s edge across several social media channels and later admitted to earning close to £900 in royalties for the posts. The TikTok account which had been dedicated to coverage of the Nicola Bulley case – spun as “media done differently” – has since been removed but the videos remain on his other social media channels.
An investigation into a welfare check carried out by Lancashire Police before Nicola Bulley disappeared has been launched by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC).
Police watchdogs have launched an investigation into a welfare check on Nicola Bulley carried out days before she was last seen.
The Mirror. In a statement in Facebook, he wrote: "Yes it is myself in the images in the media currently circulating relating to the case of Nicola Bulley and yes yesterday [Sunday] morning it was myself and a friend who reported and assisted the police in the recovery of a body from the river Wyre.
A body pulled from the River Wyre in Lancashire has been formally identified as missing mum Nicola Bulley. The tragic discovery was first made on Sunday by two people walking in the area, 23 days after the mum-of-two went missing.
Police have said they need more time to identify the body that was pulled from the River Wyre and they cannot say yet whether it is Nicola Bulley as they prepare a press conference this evening.
Police were alerted to reports of a body found by a man and a woman who had been walking along the River Wyre yesterday (February 19). The body was discovered a mile downstream from where Nicola Bulley vanished in St Michael’s on Wyre on January 27.
A body has been pulled from the River Wyre close to where Nicola Bulley went missing, Lancashire Police have confirmed this afternoon.
A huge police search has begun close to the river where missing mum Nicola Bulley disappeared, after officers received a tip-off from two dog walkers.
The disclosure of private information about Nicola Bulley is “shocking”, according to Commons Leader Penny Mordaunt. Her comments came after reports that heartless trolls hacked into social media accounts belonging to the missing mum's partner Paul Ansell.
LIVE – Updated at 07:31The comments made against a female detective leading the search for Nicola Bulley have come under severe criticism from a former head of a police watchdog. Zoe Billingham, who headed His Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary, said the remarks by “a small section of the media” were “really disturbing”. “It’s the 21st century.
she had been struggling with alcohol issues and the menopause. Ms Bulley, 45, had also stopped taking HRT medication. Former Police and Crime Commissioner for Dorset, Martyn Underhill, said he does not think Ms Bulley's last known texts indicate a woman who is in crisis.
The decision to release intimate personal details about missing mum Nicola Bulley has been heavily criticised by a former senior detective. Peter Bleksley, who is familiar to viewers of Channel 4 show Hunted, described the move by Lancashire Police as "utterly ludicrous".
READ MORE: Dick Van Dyke performing at 97 sparks tears on The Masked SingerHe wrote: "Why the hell did the police feel the need to tell us she had a drinking/menopause problem?"Just inexplicably intrusive and outrageous. "Some social media users joined Piers in voicing their disapproval of the comments. Thatmoonboy69 said: "That is weird .
Lancashire Police have referred themselves to the Independent Office for Police Conduct over the contact the force had with Nicola Bulley proper to her disappearance.
Coronation Street actress Nicola Thorp criticising the move. The force has been accused of "victim blaming" after disclosing that the missing Lancashire mother-of-two suffered "some significant issues with alcohol" in the past "brought on by her ongoing struggles with the menopause".
Missing mother-of-two Nicola Bulley had suffered "significant issues with alcohol" in the past which resurfaced in recent months, police said. Detectives previously said Ms Bulley, 45, had "specific vulnerabilities" that made her a "high-risk" missing person - but did not specify what those were.