Specialist diver who failed to find Nicola Bulley removed from NCA expert list

Peter Faulding's Specialist Group International would no longer be listed as an expert research group as part of an internal investigation into whether it should return

Peter Faulding, CEO of private underwater search and recovery company Specialist Group International (SGI), has been recruited to help with the search (

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A specialist diver involved in the search for Nicola Bulley has reportedly been removed from the National Crime Agency's list of experts.

Peter Faulding has claimed he will find the missing mother if she is found in the River Wyre, where she was last seen walking her dog.

His Specialist Group International (SGI) joined the search for 45-year-old Nicola and claimed she was "not in that section of the river" three days later.

The private specialist group, which has been involved in several high profile surveys, spent two and a half days scanning a three-mile stretch of the river between St Michael's and Cartford Bridge, using what Mr Faulding has described as "state of the art". ' sonar technology.

But they failed to find his body which was spotted by walkers 23 days after he disappeared.

Nicola Bulley, pictured with her partner Paul Ansell, disappeared on January 27