Heartless trolls hack into social media accounts of Nicola Bulley’s partner

Paul Ansell’s Pinterest account was hacked by online trolls (Picture: PA)

Police are investigating trolls who hacked the social media accounts of the partner of Nicola Bulley.

Lancashire Police – who found a body earlier today in the search for Nicola – said Paul Ansell’s Pinterest account was taken down after the posts.

The account posted explicit photos of women, with topless pics and of an actor in a bikini, it has been reported.

Lancashire Police has now said it is investigating the incident.

A statement said: ‘Paul Ansell’s Pinterest account has been accessed by a third party and is being closed down.

‘We are investigating the matter.’

Nicola was last seen on January 27, and throughout the investigation police have slammed ‘amateur detectives’ who tried to take the search into their own hands.

Nicola with her partner Paul who has told of her devastation after she went missing

Paul was among the dozens of people who left yellow ribbons on the bridge near where Nicola was last seen

Paul joined the search for Nicola and was seen down by the River Wyre speaking with police (Picture: PA)

Yesterday a TikTok clip showed sleuths digging up woodland near where the mum vanished.

Former Dorset police and crime commissioner Martyn Underhill blasted social media investigators for spreading ‘misleading theories’.

Last week an influencer was arrested and charged with a public order offence after a confrontation with a local.

TikTok ‘detective’ Dan Duffy, of Darwen, Lancashire, claims he was held by police for nearly a day after being arrested for a public order offence.

The influencer, who posted footage of his arrest on YouTube, says he was also fined £90.

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Duffy, 36, is among several others who have tried to explore the area where Ms Bulley vanished from 20 days ago, and continued to do so after police warned on more than one occasion to leave it to detectives.

A group were also slammed as ‘vigilantes’ by officers who were believed to have tried to enter a number of derelict properties along the River Wyre, claiming police hadn’t been conducting thorough enough searches.

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