Diving expert Nicola Bulley says he's proud despite being 'removed from the NCA's list of experts'

Peter Faulding, the CEO of private underwater search and recovery company Specialist Group International, in a Facebook post asked the public "not to speculate or shift blame" in The Case of Nicola Bulley

Peter Faulding, CEO of private underwater search and recovery company Specialist Group International (SGI), in St Michael's on Wyre, Lancashire (

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The dive expert who was recruited to search for Nicola Bulley, 45, insists he takes pride in his work, despite being "removed from the list of experts in the National Crime Agency".

Peter Faulding's Specialist Group International (SGI) was suspended last week amid an ongoing review into the handling of Nicola's disappearance, law enforcement sources said.

The team was recruited by the family to help find the mother of two ten days after she disappeared on January 27.

Tragically, Mrs Bulley was found dead on February 19, a mile from where she went missing in St Michael's on Wyre.

Now Mr Faulding has hit back after his team was reportedly removed from the NCA following the announcement that his SGI team would no longer be listed as an expert research group.

Nicola Bulley, 45, who was last seen on the morning of Friday January 27, when she was spotted walking her dog on a path by the nearby River Wyre (

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