A man has been arrested in connection with footage shot from inside a police cordon on the day the body of Nicola Bulley was found. Lancashire constabulary said the footage was then posted online. The 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 Bulley, the force said. His arrest relates to footage recorded from inside a police cordon on 19 February, when Bulley’s body was found in the River Wyre in Lancashire. 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,” Lancashire constabulary said. In the three weeks that Bulley was classed as a missing person, there were reports of a number of apparent content creators descending on her home village and the locations where she was last seen. Experts have claimed that social media algorithms that reward and encourage controversial content fuelled the waves of online interest in Bulley’s case. During the investigation, Det Supt Rebecca Smith said social media users had been “playing their own private detectives”. Shortly after Bulley’s disappearance on 27 January, police were forced to put in place a dispersal order after TikTok and YouTube influencers arrived on the scene, intimidating local people and causing a nuisance to police. 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. Bulley’s body was found in the River Wyre near the village of St Michael’s on Wyre. The body was discovered less than a mile from where she was last seen walking her dog after dropping off her two young daughters at school. Police have faced criticism for their communication during the case, having been labelled “sexist” by MPs and campaigners for revealing that Bulley suffered from alcoholism as a result of struggles with the menopause. The College of Policing, the national policing standards body, has been commissioned to undertake a wide-ranging independent review of Lancashire constabulary’s investigation. The Lancashire police and crime commissioner, Andrew Snowden, said he ordered the review because “there remain questions” about how the force had handled the high-profile search. Lancashire constabulary has launched an internal review into its handling of the case.