TikTok ‘detective’ who allegedly filmed Nicola Bulley’s body says handcuffs 'left marks' on his hands in YouTube rant

10 March 2023, 06:51 | Updated: 10 March 2023, 07:01

Curtis Arnold, 34, was arrested on suspicion of malicious communications offences and perverting the course of justice
Curtis Arnold, 34, was arrested on suspicion of malicious communications offences and perverting the course of justice. Picture: Facebook

By Asher McShane

A self-declared ‘TikTok detective’ who was arrested after allegedly filming Nicola Bulley’s body being pulled out of a river has denied committing any crime in a rant on YouTube.

Curtis Arnold was arrested on suspicion of malicious communications offences and perverting the course of justice in connection with the investigation into the missing mother-of-two.

Arnold, 34, has posted a video on YouTube complaining about his arrest.

He captioned the clip on his YouTube channel: “My arrest over...Lancashire police prove their point and ban me from Lancashire and...from uploading or speaking about her case”.

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In the clip he complains that police put handcuffs on him too tightly, leaving “marks on my hands” and that it was cold when he was arrested and police would not let him put his jacket on.

“'I think everybody knows that there's no crime been committed here,” he said.

He alleges in his video that officers were heavy-handed when they arrested him at 1.30am at his grandparents' house.

He says: 'I still have marks on my hands now from the handcuffs. That's how tight they put them on. My nan is now a nervous wreck.

"She hasn't been sleeping over it. There was no need to arrest like that. They could have just knocked the door. They could have even just phoned me and I would have gone in for a voluntary interview, no problem."

Police announced yesterday that a 34-year-old man from Kidderminster in Worcestershire was arrested on suspicion of malicious communications offences and perverting the course of justice in connection with the investigation to find Nicola.

The relates to footage recorded from inside a police cordon on 19 February, when Bulley’s body was found in the River Wyre in Lancashire, police said.

A police spokesperson said: “The man was held on Wednesday morning with assistance from West Mercia Police and has since been released on bail with conditions. Our priority is, and has always been, to support Nicola's family and the wider community in St Michael's. We hope this arrest provides reassurance that we take concerns seriously and will act on them.”

Nicola Bulley’s disappearance sparked a frenzy of interest from internet ‘content creators.’

Many came to the village where Nicola was last seen, sharing theories that they hoped would crack the case.

Hundreds of people traipsed through the beauty spot, taking photographs to post on social media. Others broke into buildings and went through residents’ gardens at night in the hope of finding her.

Police had to issue a 48-hour dispersal order to clear the village at one stage during the investigation.

Detective Superintendent Rebecca Smith said that social media users had been 'playing their own private detectives'.

The force asked people not to 'take the law into their own hands' and risk 'thwarting' their investigation.

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