Nicola Bulley: Former Met detective outlines every police mistake so far

Former Scotland Yard detective Peter Bleksley looks at all the police failings so far in the search for Nicola Bulley. Nicola Bulley vanished while walking her springer spaniel Willow near the river, shortly after dropping her daughters, aged six and nine, at school. The mortgage adviser’s phone was found on a bench overlooking the river, still connected to a work call. Police believe Ms Bulley may have “have fallen into the river for some reason”. They have been searching from the river where she vanished to the sea. The search in Morecambe Bay continued into its fifth day as officers on horseback surveyed elevated paths in the village of Knott End-on-Sea on Monday. On Thursday, police extended the search for her body to the sea after detectives said finding her “in the open sea becomes more of a possibility”. Click here for more from TalkTV