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Neil Shaw

Police expert explains why Nicola Bulley couldn't get out of the water

A police underwater search specialist said he believes Nicola Bulley fell into the River Wyre before floating downstream. Nicola Bulley sparked a nationwide mystery when she went missing while walking alongside the river with her dog.

A video of PC Matthew Thackray in St Michael’s on Wyre in Lancashire, where Ms Bulley is believed to have fallen in, was shown to the court. In it he said: “There is a large vertical slope from the bench and into the water.

“On the day there was a steady flown downstream.”

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