Nicola Bulley inquest: Live updates as two-day hearing into mum-of-two's death takes place in Preston

Dr Adeley again confirms what was heard in the hearing yesterday, that there is no evidence of any third party involvement in Nicola’s death.

The screams heard are dismissed as the timeframe is not right.

Dr Adeley says “there is no evidence of how Nikki entered the water” with the position of the harness unexplained.

He does however say he will change the date of death to January 27, rather than when she was recovered from the River Wyre - February 19.

“There is an absence of evidence that Nikki was contemplating suicide.”

Dr Adeley confirms his final conclusion that Nicola Bulley died an accidental death.

The inquest is now finished with statements expected from police and on behalf of the family.

Pauline Stables , head of crime at Lancashire Police, and Terry Wilcox, from Hudgell Solicitors on behalf of the family, have just been speaking outside court

The last few months have been extremely tough to process for the family. The emotional impact will stay long in our hearts and whilst we’ll never get over the loss of our Nikki, we will forever remember her as the brilliant mum, partner, daughter and sister that we all knew and loved so very much.

The help and support we have received over these few months has meant more than words can say. From family and friends, to complete strangers across the country and world, thank you.

Nikki and Paul’s girls have already taken great comfort in the deeply thoughtful gifts sent to them in goodwill, and in time they will read the many cards which are filled with such kindness and love.Sadly, we feel the need to again raise and address the issue of social media.

It’s upsetting that we’ve continued to receive negative targeted messages and still witness wildly inaccurate speculation being shared over numerous platforms.

We encourage people to look at the facts, the evidence which has been heard during the inquest, and the conclusion reached by the Coroner, to ignore any amateur views and opinions, and be mindful of the impact words bring.We want to formally say thank you for the support and compassion showed by Lancashire Constabulary, HM Coroner Dr Adeley, his team, Sophie Cartwright KC of Dean Court Chambers, and Terry Wilcox of Hudgell Solicitors.

Now we need to be allowed time to comprehend all of the events leading up to this day.

We ask that you all respect our privacy at this time, let us rebuild and take time to heal.

From Detective Chief Superintendent Pauline Stables, Head of Crime at Lancashire Constabulary

I want to start by saying that first and foremost my thoughts today are with Nikki’s family and loved ones. They have been through the most unimaginable ordeal over the last six months, and I can only hope that this inquest will help in some small way by answering some of the questions they had about what happened to Nikki on January 27 and will allow them to start the process of rebuilding their lives as best as they can.

I would like to thank Dr Adeley for his careful consideration of the evidence presented to this inquest as well as legal counsel and all of the witnesses for their participation.

I hope that HM Coroner’s clear and definitive findings will put an end ill-informed speculation and conspiracy theories which have been so damaging to Nikki’s family, the community of St Michael’s.

I would like to finish by bringing this back to Nikki. She was clearly a much-loved mum, partner, daughter, sister and friend. and I would once again express my deepest sympathy to all her loved ones, and I would ask that their privacy is respected at this time to allow them the time and space to rebuild and to heal. Thankyou.

This live feed is now finished. Here’s our final piece from the inquest as Nicola Bulley’s family slam the social media trolls who continue to speculate about her death.

This live feed is now finished. Here’s our final piece from the inquest as Nicola Bulley’s family slam the social media trolls who continue to speculate about her death.