Nicola Bulley died 'in seconds' after scream heard by women nearby
Two women who were near the river when Nicola Bulley vanished have spoken of the 'screams' they heard.
Nurse Helen O’Neill said she was with her dogs in the garden of her house on Allotment Lane, not far from a path that leads to the bench which overlooks the River Wyre where Ms Bulley disappeared. A second witness, Veronica Claesen, a housewife and club secretary for the local village tennis club, said: “I was just about to get into the car and I heard a scream. A very short scream and my immediate thought was, ‘Somebody is having a bit of fun at the back of the graveyard’.”Lucie Musella, a waitress, had been contacting Nicola Bulley to arrange a play date between their daughters. Nicola texted Lucie the night before she went missing but Lucie only saw it on Friday morning.
Mrs Fletcher, who is giving evidence via video link, said: “As I came round the bend I came to the stile, I tied up my dog and climbed over the stile. I saw this Springer Spaniel. It was near the bench and then it was going towards the river where it drops down really steep. When she got back to St Michael’s On Wyre after attending a medical appointment in Garstang, Mrs Fletcher called her daughter-in-law Anne-Marie and asked about the dog. “She said ‘oh no, it’s Nikki’s dog and Nikki has gone missing’.”
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