Nicola Bulley cops repeatedly let my sister down too – she took her own life after ‘violent’ ex was bailed
THE brother of a woman who took her own life said she was repeatedly let down by the cops responsible for finding Nicola Bulley.
Kynan Dawes, 30, told The Sun the same force "didn't do anything" for his sister Kiena after her alleged violent ex was bailed.
The young mum, from Fleetwood, felt abandoned by Lancashire Police and slammed them in her suicide note.
She wrote: “I hope my life saves another by police services acting faster.”
Kynan, of Lytham St Annes, has now said: "They let down Kiena in life — and failed her in her last moments.
“She felt the police weren’t doing anything to help her despite countless reports of domestic violence.
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“Her attacker was constantly bailed and she ended up with nowhere to turn. She lost hope.
“When we found her note we knew it was a race against time.
“We rang police straightaway."
Kiena was reported missing from her home in July last year.
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She had initially gone to police for help five weeks earlier following allegations she'd been assaulted on multiple occasions.
Officers classed her as “high risk” - just like Nicola.
Despite this, Kynan said they didn't prioritise her and five hours later she was dead.
He added: "We told them the car make and model, the registration plate and where the car had gone from.
“All they had to do was go on the ANPR cameras.
“She was clearly a high-risk missing person but they didn’t prioritise her case.
“They didn’t do anything.
“They just said they were looking for her…but the train found her first.
“They don’t act quick enough. They never do. They weren’t interested.
“That was the longest five hours of my life but poor Nicola Bulley’s family had to wait three weeks. That’s brutal.”
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Kiena’s family said lessons had not been learned.
Builder Kynan added: “As a family member all you want to know is that they’re putting their heart and soul into finding her.
“I don’t think they’ll ever learn. How many lives are going to be lost before they act faster?
“Unless there’s a new law which prioritises missing people and forces police to throw everything at it, this will happen again.
“I have no faith in them whatsoever.”
Lancashire Police referred themselves to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) over their contact with Kiena before her death.
On Monday the force said Kiena’s alleged abuser, 29, was arrested on suspicion of assault and coercive and controlling behaviour.
He remains on bail.
They said: “It would be inappropriate to comment on that case while criminal proceedings remain ongoing.
“We referred ourselves to the IOPC in July 2022 in relation to contact we had with Kiena before her death.”
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Fury is mounting over the force’s actions in searching for mum-of-two Nicola who was reported missing in St Michael’s on Wyre on January 27.
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