They have been giving evidence today
The pair separately spoke of hearing the short sound as they gave evidence at the inquest into the mum-of-two's death. Nicola disappeared on the morning of January 27 while out walking dog Willow following the school run.
A second witness, Veronica Claesen, a housewife and club secretary for the 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’.” Ms Claesen said it was an “inhale scream” like a sharp intake of breath.
Professor Michael Tipton, a world expert in drowning, said there would have been a “fairly rapid incapacitation” after Ms Bulley went into the River Wyre on the morning of January 27. It may have been just seconds before she began to lose consciousness, the hearing was told on Monday.
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