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Benjamin Roberts-Haslam

Broken CCTV camera 'would have seen everything' in Nicola Bulley disappearance

A friend of Nicola Bulley has claimed that a CCTV camera that "would have seen everything" was the only camera in the area that was broken on the day the mum went missing.

In a revealing post from the friend of both Nicola and partner Paul Ansell, Tilly Ann posted on social media that there was just one camera that police have looked at that was broken on Friday, January 27. The camera is thought to have "seen everything" had it been working.

In the lengthy social media post, the friend also revealed that the mum-of-two was "an incredibly strong swimmer" and Nicola's family are "an incredibly close family". The post started: "I want to start this post by thanking those who have shared and shared posts and who have been out looking and have created such a comfort to Nikki's family. Absolutely incredible!"

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She continued: "Those who know Paul know that he is a very chilled-out guy, spiritual, dotes on his family and honestly are used to his silly sense of humour, my husband, especially who is best friends with him and has known him since birth. To watch him in that interview was devastating.

"We can see the hurt and pain and can see how much he's struggling to hold back the tears. He is completely focusing on his girls because if he even stops to think about anything else, he will lose it and he doesn't want to worry his girls even more than they already are. He was terrified doing a live interview as I know I would be."

Further down the post, she said: "There's CCTV at the back of the caravan park. The only camera that isn't working is the one that would have seen everything."

The search for Nicola is now on its 11th day. Nicola was last seen by a witness on Friday, January 27 at around 9.10am. She is described as white, 5ft 3ins tall, with light brown shoulder-length hair. She speaks with an Essex accent.

She was last seen wearing a long, ankle-length black quilted gilet. She had a black Vector coat underneath which had long sleeves and came to her waist. She was wearing tight black jeans and had long green walking socks tucked into her jeans. She was wearing ankle-length green wellington boots from Next.

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