Nicola Bulley Ch 5 9pm tonight

[Wilma55]

Couldn't see a thread on this....

The police have revealed they were called to the family home a few weeks back! Interesting maybe?

No she wasn’t necessarily drunk first thing in the morning. The police just wanted to share the fact she wasn’t in a good place mentally, so people could understand their thinking, and try to stop all the ridiculous speculation.

It’s sad they have had to release personal information like this, but blame the TikTok detectives and wild conspiracy theorists.

I cant believe they released that information - just in shock watching the news. Its private medical information that should never have been disclosed. It was enough to say she was high risk (I instantly thought mental health issues as most probably did), so do the public really didnt need to know extremely personal details about her.

I feel sorry for the police trying to search under so much scrutiny/criticism, but they really have cocked up releasing this information. Poor, poor lady. I hope if there’s any chance shes still alive, she can be found and reunited with her girls.

Yes very sad the police had to attend her house in January with Health professionals. Something obviously awry. Very very sad.

Tbh I think they had to say what it was. Have you seen the amount of vitirol the family are getting? It's absolutely disgusting.
Keyboard vigilantes scrutinising everything in such a horrible way.

But I also feel know she had these issues definitely paints a picture of what's gone on. I think it is relevant personally

I'm really sad a statement like this has been issued. Her partner and family "don't think she is in the river?" What makes them think this? I honestly hope she's had a blip....for want of a better phrase and taken some time out. I do hope she is found safe and well, not only for her sake but for her daughters too.

Why would "some mental health issues" not have covered it? Why even mention alcohol? Why is that relevant to the lay person reading?
So what, what arseholes on the internet might be surmising? They're having a field day now!

It does feel really intrusive but then if people
Have been picking over the bones of every relationship and event perhaps the police felt they had no choice.
Do people think it's to take the sting out of an expose by a rag?

Hoping that too and I think the police have just made it even worse for her (if she has gone off for some space) by releasing this statement. Talking about menopause is fantastic if a person wants to (Davina for example), but disclosing someone’s medical information for no gain is absolutely shocking.

Although there is maybe the hope she has took herself off somewhere and will turn up when she feels she can. I'm sure her family are praying for this.

No- stop reading into things. They explained this morning why they took action so quickly when she was reported missing - because Paul gave them i fo that classified her as 'highly vulnerable'. Do you think if DH reported me as an hour late home from a walk at 11am they would have divers, numerous officers, helicopters and the coastguard searching within a couple of hours? He would be told to wait and see over the next 24-48 hours. They were simply explaining why they did that.

They asked people not to speculate any further on her 'vulnerabilities'. Immediately, people and rags like the Express/Sun/Mail began speculating saying she could be : epileptic, depressed, suicidal, diabetic, asthmatic, have cancer, a personality disorder. It was ridiculous. The police then were advised by senior journalists that speculation was viral and the police felt they had to qualify the statement.

It's pathetic what people do to stick their noses into matters that have nothing to do with them and they are no part of. The police have not said anything about her being suicidal or drunk- they have explained why she was classified as 'highly vulnerable' and how that meant action was taken immediately.

It does feel really intrusive but then if people have been picking over the bones of every relationship and event perhaps the police felt they had no choice

Sorry, but they had every choice; there's little point in trying to shut down speculation by feeding even more personal and private information since it just adds more grist to the mill

This story is very strange. A report on the news just now suggested she had a drink problem due to menopause symptoms. Why say that? Are they implying it was suicide?

I really don’t understand what her alcoholism or the menopause has got to do with anything. Surely her vulnerabilities’ make her more of a target not less. Make her more likely not less to have walked away.
She isn’t in the river, so with that in mind she needs to be found.

Lancashire police had no right to share such personal information publicly - to try and deflect the heat from their own bloody mistakes!!

The police can't win. People have been moaning since the start that they are being vague etc and now they've laid it all out you lot are complaining that too much information is being shared.

It's like a spectator sport. Bringing out the worst of Mumsnet.

If she is found downstream, I hope those pointing fingers will be willing to make a public apology.

I agree. She hasn’t consented to her private information being broadcast nationwide. Saying she was high risk was more than enough.

Totally agree with this.
Her life was painted a little too ‘idyllic’ to be true.

Her personal/ medical issues are certainly relevant to the case. I think it's really significant that emergency services were called to get house a few weeks before. That's never happened at my house or anyone I know- bar my 84 year old gran.

I agree the update feels very personal and intrusive but then the wild speculation has been disgusting. I've reported numerous posts on here pointing fingers at family members and scrutinizing their behaviour. Some of the tiktok lives are even worse. I feel terribly for the family.

She is not ‘downstream’ though is she!!

If this kind of personal information was made known about a family member of mine, essentially blackening her name and character publicly I would be beyond livid. It does precisely nothing to actually help the investigation!! It simply provides a perfect fig leaf for Lancashire police clearly getting their excuses in early.

The investigation has been an abject failure.
Now we know more than we need to about the struggling mother. Her family must be devastated.

The thing is the partner would be fully aware of the Information the police knew about, specifically the vulnerabilities. He still allowed friends, family and that SGI guy speak to the press and whip up speculation on her disappearance. It might be hope. It might be denial, but he would have been fully aware of her state of mind. The police have given this information out to try and stop the speculation and behaviour of the press and members of the public. I think it's sad the police had to do this.

How do you know she isn't downstream? What evidence do you have to the contrary?

When Nic Degraff fell into the River Derwent in Cumbria last winter, it took several weeks for his body to be recovered. He was found by a trawler vessel in the harbour a few miles from where he fell in. There were searches for him that turned up nothing for the first few weeks as well.

How is that significant to you or me?
Its significant on a need to know basis.
It does not move the investigation forward at all.

If anything I am now more convinced something has happened to her.

why is the fact she was menopausal important to share? since when do police detail the reason behind someone's ailment EVER?

'ah yes a sex worker is missing (but she's only doing it to pay through uni)' or 'rapist wanted (but we know he had a bad childhood, so that probably why)'

Nicola Bulley might be an alcoholic, but speculating as to why is really fucking low. I can see the undertones of 'crazy menopausal woman' filtering into narratives already and it's disgusting.