Amateur TikTok Journalist who took videos of Nicola Bulley's Body snuck onto scene

Monday, 27 February 2023 12:23

By Josh Bairstow, Coastal News

Curtis Arnold, 34, tricked his way onto the scene

He secretly filmed Nicola Bulley's body being retrieved from the river.

A wannabe journalist has been in branded a 'ghoul' over a hidden video he took of the body of Nicola Bulley being retrieved from the water for a TikTok video.

Curtis Arnold, 34, barged onto the official press area, duping Police into believing he should be there, before posting a distasteful video of the scene online for his followers.

The man, who is a Barber, is also claimed to be a fraudster who tricked women into taking gym photos, and who has no official Journalistic credentials.

He insists that he is offering people "Media and Journalism don't differently" to "help get justice for those who can't."

There has been huge backlash since the incident with huge amounts of criticism over the grim footage of officers using a body bag on the edge of the water. it was then posted to his social media which also included a number of scandalous headlines around the missing mum of two's case.

Arnold also has a 2018 criminal conviction for fraud for which he served a custodial sentence with other convictions relating back to his 20's.

During the investigation, so many "home detectives" descended on St Michael's on Wyre that, at one point, police had to issue a 48-hour dispersal order to clear the village of outsiders.

in a comment from TikTok, it insists that it removes content and accounts that engage in bullying and harassment or otherwise violates its policies.