Nicola Bulley's sister known as intellectual health services weeks earlier than disappearance, inquest hears

An inquest into the death of Nicola Bulley has entered its 2d day.

Inquest into the dying of Nicola Bulley enters its 2nd day

On Tuesday, he companion Paul Ansell broke down in tears while giving evidence

He noted he believed she fell into the river whereas inserting on their dog's harness

Her sister, Louise Cunningham, said she had referred to as intellectual fitness authorities a couple of weeks earlier than (examine more here)

Bulley's GP spoke of there become no indiction she become suicidal previous to her disappearance.

The 45-year-ancient's disappearance in January sparked a three-week hunt earlier than her body was present in the River Wyre in Lancashire 

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mother-of-two Nicola Bulley drowned after coming into cold river water – and there is no facts any individual else was involved in her death, her inquest has heard.

Two witnesses spoke of they heard a scream coming from the area of the River Wyre where the forty five-year-old become ultimate viewed on the day she disappeared, Preston Coroner's courtroom heard.

Drowning consultants advised the listening to entering into bloodless water can cause a victim to gasp and inhale water and drown within seconds.

Professor Michael Tipton, an international skilled in drowning, referred to there would were a "relatively rapid incapacitation" after Ms Bulley went into the river on the morning of January 27, which could have been as cold as 3C.

it could were just seconds earlier than she began to lose focus, the listening to was told.

Prof Tipton pointed out he agreed with domestic office pathologist Alison Armour, who conducted a post-mortem examination and concluded Ms Bulley drowned.

He talked about Ms Armour's discovering of water in the belly and lungs is in line with a "gasp response" beneath water, with liquid coming into the physique's organs.

Ms Bulley vanished after dropping off her daughters, six and 9, at school, and taking her general dog walk along the river in St Michael's, Lancashire, on January 27.

Her mobile phone, still linked to a work teams name, turned into found on a bench overlooking the water. Her body become found in the river a few mile from the bench on February 19.

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Prof Tipton instructed the inquest: "personally, given the character of the doubtless entry into the water, i would suspect Nikki had a pant response beneath the water, initiating the drowning technique.

"On the steadiness of chance there turned into a reasonably swift incapacitation as a result of the bloodless shock."

It might have been an estimated "20 to 30 seconds" before Ms Bulley misplaced cognizance, the inquest changed into instructed.

Two breaths of water would had been a "lethal dose" for a person of Ms Bulley's measurement, Prof Tipton spoke of.

bloodless water knowledgeable Dr Patrick Morgan pointed out: "On the event that the particular person has taken that initial gasp on the surface of the water and then long gone beneath, the duration could be 10 seconds that you might hang your breath and very probably one or two seconds at choicest."

pc Matthew Thackray, a police underwater diver, referred to the enviornment where Ms Bulley is believed to have long gone into the water has a steep slope.

He delivered: "The river was 4C, so very nearly freezing, and if she fell in, the muscular tissues would probably catch, making it problematic to swim correctly."

Nurse Helen O'Neill observed: "I heard a scream, it's no longer an alarming noise, it became just over in a couple of seconds.

"there have been no different sounds for me to be anxious about."

Veronica Claesen talked about: "i was pretty much to get into the automobile and that i heard a scream. a very short scream and my immediate notion became, 'someone is having slightly of fun at the back of the graveyard'."

Police evaluation of Ms Bulley's iPhone and Fitbit watch confirmed the telephone's final human generated interplay changed into at 9.18am and the watch stopped recording steps past 9.30am.

This counseled she entered the water between those two instances, the hearing was told.

Ms Bulley, a personal loan adviser at the start from near Chelmsford and dwelling inInskip, turned into automatically deemed a "excessive risk" missing grownup when she disappeared.

Ms Bulley's companion Paul Ansell will give proof on Tuesday at Preston's County corridor.