Nicola Bulley: What did the police get wrong?
This Is Why
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4.0 • 552 Ratings
🗓️ 21 November 2023
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Lancashire Police's decision to reveal the mother-of-two's mental health issues was condemned as "avoidable and unnecessary". The College of Policing's chief executive officer Andy Marsh said there was "substantial learning" for the Lancashire force.
On the Sky News Daily, host Niall Paterson is joined by former chief constable of Northumbria Police Sue Sim, who was the top officer at the force when gunman Raoul Moat shot his ex-girlfriend and killed her new lover, before shooting a police officer. She explains the criticisms and the difficulties when dealing with high-profile cases.
Plus, Martin Brunt, our crime correspondent, details what the report says about Lancashire Police's investigation.
Producer: Emma Rae Woodhouse
Interview producer: Melissa Tutesigensi
Promotions producer: David Chipakupaku
Editor: Philly Beaumont
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| 1:06.6 | Nicola Bully was 45 years old when she disappeared. |
| 1:10.4 | On the morning of Friday, the 27th of January this year, |
| 1:12.4 | she dropped her two daughters to school in the village of St Michael's On Wire, then took her dog, a Springer-Spaniel named Willow, |
| 1:17.5 | for a walk by the river. She emailed her work. She sent a text to a friend arranging a meeting |
| 1:22.8 | later that week. She joined a work call, but kept her camera and microphone off. At half-past nine that morning, |
| 1:30.6 | 20 minutes after her last confirmed sighting, a passerby found Nicola's phone on a bench still connected |
| 1:37.0 | to the call. Her dog was off its harness alone by the same stretch of the river wire. Nicola was |
| 1:44.0 | nowhere to be seen, |
| 1:45.4 | and it would be three weeks before her body was discovered, a mile downstream. |
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