Police blasted for 'sexist' Nicola Bulley error as watchdog launches probe

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Police blasted for 'sexist' Nicola Bulley error as watchdog launches probe
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Nicola Bulley has been missing for three weeks

The way personal information was released by police about Nicola Bulley was “sexist” and a “dreadful error”, the former victims’ commissioner has said.

And on Friday, former victims’ commissioner Dame Vera Baird, speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, said: “A future family like this is going to face the torment of not knowing whether to run the risk of gratuitously wrecking your relative’s reputation by giving every detail away … or missing the chance of catching whoever has got them, or getting her back.“So, I’m afraid this is the biggest error that I have seen for quite a long time.

The Dame also said she is worried about people making complaints in future after the police disclosed personal information about Nicola Bulley. “I don’t think they can think it’s relevant, can they?" she added. "Because they have been subject to heavy and, in my view, totally justified criticism since they disclosed it.

“But would you if it’s going to be on the front page of The Sun the next day or a week later? And if you do, will you tell them these details?” "Police can disclose information to protect the public and investigate crime, but they would need to be able to demonstrate such disclosure was necessary. We recognise that at this stage of an intensive, live investigation, the force must focus all their energies on the enquiry.

It was confirmed that this was a welfare visit and that no arrests were made. The police watchdog has said it is 'assessing the available information' following the referral to decide whether an investigation is required into the contact police had with Nicola earlier in January.

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