A former detective claims police investigating the disappearance of Nicola Bulley made an error by not sending the bench to be checked for bloodstains.
Mortgage adviser and mum Nicola, 45, disappeared on January 27 while walking her brown spaniel Willow along the River Wyre in the tight-knit village of St Michaels on Wyre in Lancashire.
Police launched a massive search and have been seen combing the river bank, utilising diving teams, search dogs , drones and boats, to no avail.
