Now private security firm patrols village where Nicola Bulley went missing to stop ‘TikTok detectives’ trying to solve case
- Spencer Sutcliffe Security are carrying out daily and nightly patrols
- The mother-of-two went missing while walking her dog along the River Wyre
A private security firm has begun patrolling the village where Nicola Bulley went missing to stop amateur sleuths from making TikTok videos as they try to solve the investigation.
Spencer Sutcliffe Security are carrying out daily and nightly patrols in St Michael’s on Wyre after an influx of people from outside the village descended on the area.
Several people have already been confronted by the uniformed security guards from the Lancaster based company.
The security guard owner – who is providing his services for free – said: ‘When the residents rang me I thought what an awful situation.
‘They’ve already got the horror of what’s happened, plus nobody knows what’s happened and then they’ve got all these people trampling through their gardens, going through their sheds.
A police Search and Rescue team retrieve their boat after searching the banks of the River Wyre
A private security firm has begun patrolling the village where Nicola Bulley went missing to stop amateur sleuths from making TikTok videos as they try to solve the investigation
‘When they’re approached by some of the residents they’re becoming very aggressive towards them and it’s just not nice.
‘So I’ve offered our services for free, I’ll pay the staff out of my own pocket, and we’re just going to try and give the residents a bit of reassurance that there’s people out there looking after them, and work alongside the police – we’re not trying to replace them in anyway, but unfortunately, the police are understaffed and underfunded.’
Spencer has been uploading videos of his patrol to social media and urging people not to travel to the village where friends of Ms Bulley held a roadside vigil to try and urge motorists driving through to check if they had any dashcam from two weeks ago when the mum of two went missing.
Spencer added: ‘It’s causing endless stress, I’m sure, to Nicola’s family, and it’s causing the residents of St Michael’s to be very on edge. We understand people have the right to freedom of movement but people also have the right to a private life, and to not have a breach to their peace, and unfortunately thats what they’re having at the minute.
A member of the police Search and Rescue team walks along the river bank near to Shard Bridge on the River Wyre
Friends of missing woman Nicola Bulley hold missing person appeal posters along the main road in the village
‘I’m a very community driven person, my children live in this area and during Covid, we were one of the founding members of the Garstang Volunteering Force, taking people to the hospital, we picked up people’s shopping, we took them prescriptions. To me business isn’t all about making money, you have to give a little bit back as well.’
Residents in St Michael’s on the Wyre have welcomed the involvement of the firm.
One said:’ It just gives us a little bit of peace of mind. This is usually such a safe area and everyone is a little bit on edge from all the people that have suddenly turned up here.’
Lancashire Police were forced to put in place a dispersal order for 48 hours after a group of men were reported to be travelling from Liverpool to search an abandoned house near to where Ms Bulley is feared to have fallen into the river.
A friend of the Bulley family mistakenly claimed the house had not been searched but later apologised after realising police and a search and rescue team had been through the property.
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