Things got a bit tense on the Loose Women panel today as the ladies discussed the disappearance of missing mother Nicola Bulley.
Last month, the 45-year-old went missing whilst walking her dog walk in Lancashire and yesterday the police announced the mother-of-two had ‘significant issues’ with alcohol brought on by her ongoing struggles with menopause, writes The Mirror.
Kaye Adams hosted the show today and was joined by Kelle Bryan, Jane Moore and Linda Robson in the ITV studio, as they shared their thoughts on the decision to release the fresh information.
Many have criticised the police for disclosing such personal details about Nicola, but former Eternal singer Kelle stressed the importance of the public holding the police to account.
Kelle then spoke about how the public have low trust in the police, in the wake of several high profile cases of failings, most recently with convicted rapist Metropolitan police officer David Carrick.
She said: “People have every right to ask those questions. I’m not talking about keyboard warriors, I'm talking about those people who come from an informed place.”
She then added: “As a member of the public, we are entitled to ask those questions,” to which Kaye then cut in to ask whether it was helpful during the ongoing investigation.
Kelle maintained it was, given the police force’s track record, adding: “Some of it’s positive and some it hasn’t been so positive.
“We can look at the Stephen Lawrence case, with a plethora of failings by the police. That family was right to ask those questions. Asking questions is what helps to solve cases.
“I’m not saying it’s right to put things on social media, turn up at the scene or attack the partner, but I do think we have a right to ask those questions.
“If we look at David Carrick of Wayne Couzens – there are so many cases where the police have had catastrophic failings.”
However, Jane Moore pointed out that there are hundreds of thousands of police officers in the country, saying “To besmirch them all–” before she could finish, Kelle cut in saying: “I didn’t besmirch them all.”
Jane then replied: “You can’t take two cases,” and Kelle interrupted: “I didn’t take two, I took three.”
Jane then praised the work of officers on the ground, saying : “I think we have to trust them.”
But then Kelle insisted: “I’ve not in any way said anything about this case in terms of how they are handling it. What I am saying is we have a right to ask questions.”
Host Kaye then cut in the conversation, saying: “I suppose what I might question is whether or not that is useful when it’s a live case, when an investigation is ongoing and everything is critical. I’m not convinced that everybody weighing in –”
But Kelle cut in again - apologising to Kaye as she said: “I’m sorry, Kaye, but if Doreen Lawrence hadn't asked the questions she asked at that time, there’s no way that would –”
Jane again piped up, pointing out Doreen Lawrence was ‘perfectly entitled’ to do so as a member of the family affected by the case.
Jane added: “It’s not Mrs Norrings in Newcastle asking, when she has no involvement in the case whatsoever,” as Kaye agreed: “The family absolutely have every right to question an investigation but the whole world and its wife are weighing in on this one. That’s when I wonder how useful it is.”
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