TikTok sleuths' 'toxic' interest in Nicola Bulley condemned

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.

45-year-old was found sparked fury in his Worcestershire hometown and beyond. Arnold later apologised to the family via his TikTok channel and admitted it "perhaps was bad timing to put that video online". He said subsequent media coverage had a "devastating" impact on his life and claimed he had been assaulted and had his "personal address posted all over Facebook", adding: "Safe to say I've learned my lesson.

missing mum-of-two was found. The sickening eight-minute clip has sparked fury in his Worcestershire home town and further afield. With around a million views, he is believed to have earned almost £1,000 in royalties from the posts, the Mirror reports.

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.

The National Crime Agency has reportedly removed a specialist diver who assisted with the search for Nicola Bulley from its list of experts. Peter Faulding said he would find the missing mum if she was in the River Wyre, in Lancashire where she was last seen walking her dog.

A mural in memory of the late Nicola Bulley has been unveiled in the town she grew up in.

"spiritual medium" in the River Wyre, around a mile from where the mortgage adviser was last seen. Her disappearance sparked a major investigation involving helicopters, drones and specialist search teams. Sadly however, it also drew "weirdos" and "ghouls" to the area, who reportedly used the tragic case as a means to promote their online presence by spreading conspiracy theories, uninvited.

Nicola Bulley's sister has shared a poignant tribute after police confirmed the body in the River Wyre was her missing sibling. Louise Cunningham has been at the centre of the "Bring Nikki Back Home" social media campaign and today shared a yellow heart on Facebook in memory of her older sister. Friends and people from her old school in Essex are urging people to "spread the love for Nikki" and have shared tributes.

Nicola Bulley in the River Wyre says he is a "medium" who used his "gift" to locate the missing mum-of-two. Jason Rothwell, 33, was pictured on the riverbank along the River Wyre on Sunday as her body was found.

Nicola Bulley have said they can let the mother of two “rest now”, as questions linger over why it took more than three weeks for her body to be discovered. Ms Bulley’s body was pulled from the River Wyre in Lancashire on Sunday after the 45-year-old was last seen on January 27. She had been walking her dog in St Michael’s on Wyre after dropping her daughters, aged six and nine, at school.

Nicola Bulley after the social media app was criticised for allowing conspiracy theories to spread on its platform during the search for the mother-of-two. The social media app said it would “take action” against people who violated its community guidelines when posting content about the case of Ms Bulley. Police confirmed on Monday that a body found in the river around 1 mile from where Ms Bulley was last seen was that of the missing 45-year-old.

Sky News and ITV have been told by UK media regulator Ofcom that they must “explain their actions” after the family of a dead mother said the broadcasters intruded on their privacy as they grieved.

K.J. Yossman U.K. media watchdog Ofcom has written to broadcasters Sky and ITV regarding their coverage of Nicola Bulley, a woman who went missing in Lancashire while walking her dog last month. Bulley’s disappearance made national (and even international) news within days of her being reported missing partly due to some of the unusual details of the case. Among them was the fact her cell phone was found on a bench near a river still logged into a Microsoft Teams work conference. Her dog was also found nearby. Divers, including private search teams, scoured the river but could not find any sign of Bulley, who had two young daughters. (Picture above: the bench where Bulley’s phone was found).

The self-proclaimed psychic who found Nicola Bulley claims his "gift" guided him to her body.

missing mum with Coleen Nolan and her co-stars on Monday, February 20. The debate was aired hours before Lancashire Police confirmed a body that had been found in the River Wyre was sadly that of missing mum, Nicola Bulley. Ms Bulley had not been seen since disappearing on January 27, with her last sighting being near the River Wyre in St Michael's on Wyre.

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.

Journalist Camilla Tominey appeared on Monday's episode of This Morning where she slammed the "amateur sleuths" trying to tackle the Nicola Bulley case. Camilla, 44, joined Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby on the set of This Morning on Monday to discuss how the tragic Nicola Bulley's disappearance that has been all over the news in recent weeks has become a popular topic for people to try to solve themselves.

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.

people peering in through windows and some have resorted to hiring private security. In a video circulating on social media, two men appear to be searching a patch of woodland near the River Wyre, where Ms Bulley disappeared. One proceeds to dig up a patch of ground while the other films.