Nicola Bulley: Social media sleuths have ‘distracted’ police investigation

Asked if “social media video-makers and wannabe detectives have been an annoyance or a hindrance in the inquiry”, she said: “Yes, it has significantly distracted the investigation.

Detective Superintendent Rebecca Smith, of Lancashire Constabulary, updates the media as police continue their search for Nicola Bulley, who disappeared in St Michael’s on Wyre on January 27 (Peter Powell/PA)

Social media sleuths have “distracted” the investigation into missing mother-of-two Nicola Bulley, police have said.

At a press conference at Lancashire Constabulary’s HQ on Wednesday, the force said “TikTokers have been playing private detectives” near the scene of the 45-year-old’s disappearance.