TikTok sleuths slammed for filming themselves digging nearby to where mum Nicola Bulley went missing

TikTok sleuths have sparked fury by filming themselves digging up woodland close to where missing mum Nicola Bulley went missing.

Two people posted a TikTok video of themselves searching an area to the River Wyre in St Michael’s on Wyre, Lancashire, where mum-of-two Nicola, 45, disappeared three weeks ago.

The news comes just days after senior police officers urged people to stay away from the area, stating fake theories and speculation had made the investigation 'incredibly difficult'.

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On Saturday, local council chief Michael Vincent told the Mirror: “It’s almost as though social media idiocy and reality have become blurred. We’ve had these weirdos, these ghouls, trying people’s door handles, peering through their windows.

“There has to be an element of decency. We can’t allow social media to be a place where there is no morality.”

The video was posted online and shows a man digging up soil as the other films him while commenting on Nicola’s disappearance. Lancashire Police have repeatedly warned people to stay away and leave the investigation to trained detectives - while locals dubbed the vloggers as 'vultures'.

Nicola, 45, went missing on January 27 during a riverside dog walk after dropping her two daughters at school. She was last seen at 9.10am taking her usual route with her springer spaniel Willow.

Her phone, still connected to a work call for her job as a mortgage adviser, was found just over 20 minutes later on a bench by the river, with her dog running loose. Police say that their 'main working hypothesis' is that she fell into the river.

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