Man who found Nicola Bulley’s body claims ‘psychic gift’ led to discovery

A spiritual medium and psychic has claimed he used his “gift” to find Nicola Bulley’s body in the River Wyre on Sunday.

The mother-of-two was found, 23 days after she went missing, less than a mile from where she disappeared by two walkers who alerted the police.

Jason Rothwell, who describes himself as a “spiritual medium, psychic and tarot reader”, shared a post on Facebook and Instagram on Monday revealing he and a friend had found Ms Bulley’s body.

Mr Rothwell said he had in 2018 helped with the recovery of Michael Brooks, 19, who was found in the River Ribble in Penwortham, Lancashire, following a two week search.

He wrote: “Having previously assisted in the recovery of Michael Brooks, I decided to use whatever “gift” it is we mediums possess to try and locate Nicola Bulley.”

He wrote: “As has obviously become apparent, yes it is myself in the images in the media currently circulating relating to the case of Nicola Bulley and yes yesterday morning it was myself and a friend who reported and assisted the police in the recovery of a body from the river Weir [sic].”

He thanked Lancashire Police for their “help, support and the open mindedness with which they dealt with us, following our call, spiritualists or mediums are obviously not something the police come across every day and I appreciate the respect given to us both.”

Mr Rothwell said the family had not asked him to help with the search, but he was propelled into action by the “wild speculation and hurtful commentary” that has been circulating about the disappearance.

Mr Rothwell said he put out the statement after his identity was revealed by online sleuths on YouTube and TikTok.

He said: “My thoughts and prayers are with her family, friend [sic] and loved ones at this time and I do hope, that if it is indeed Nicola, they can find some peace with this.”