Mark McPhillips

Mountain biker and mini explorer.

[Mark McPhillips @Clarionrider]

@PandorasBox2023 I completely agree 👍

[Mark McPhillips @Clarionrider]

@PandorasBox2023 You should keep your video up. As referencing the evidence slide confirming that both the volume and side button were pressed at the same time is a very important point that the coroner should have openly considered within his outcome.

[Mark McPhillips @Clarionrider]

@PandorasBox2023 https://t.co/Hm6LDOlkrR

[Mark McPhillips @Clarionrider]

@LancsPolice The vital 4 mins need to start with establishing

*reasoning of button use
*SOS attempt?
*normal phone interaction?

A coroner's inquest outcome without is incomplete

[Mark McPhillips @Clarionrider]

@LancsPolice The vital 4 mins need to start with establishing

*reasoning of button use
*SOS attempt?
*normal phone interaction?

A coroner's inquest outcome without is incomplete

[Mark McPhillips @Clarionrider]

1/3 Was Nicola Bulley trying to use SOS feature on her iPhone?

9.18:01am_9.18:11am Volume and side buttons are used on Ms Bulley's phone.

https://t.co/VobEuaWXkm

Press and hold the side button and one of the volume buttons until the Emergency SOS slider appears. #NicolaBulley

[Mark McPhillips @Clarionrider]

"Narrowing the moment disaster potentially struck to 4mins."

CORONER REASONING FOR BUTTON USE?

9.18:01am_9.18:11am Volume and side buttons are used on Ms Bulley's phone.

"The entry to the water is likely
to be
after 9.18am
and before 9.30am,
but very likely before 9.22am"

[Mark McPhillips @Clarionrider]

@allticketyb00 @roeb99659 As in, hopefully the data shows Nicola was just using her phone normally and not an attempted SOS attempt.

[Mark McPhillips @Clarionrider]

@allticketyb00 @roeb99659 Trying to not get into the thinking part too much. Data can easily be checked and probability of normal sequential button use or attempted simultaneous use as would be needed for SOS procedure. Question only arose due to data presented at public inquest. Hope it can be ruled out

[Mark McPhillips @Clarionrider]

@Lulu_R81 It does look that way. I hope they at least analyse the data around the button presses in more detail.

[Mark McPhillips @Clarionrider]

@Lulu_R81 Great spot. I only noticed today when I read the timeline details from inquest. It's good that it's out there and hopefully it will be looked into.

[Mark McPhillips @Clarionrider]

@douwanttea @mroshe13 It's good that you know it works.

[Mark McPhillips @Clarionrider]

@douwanttea It is more that the message was never even viewed (no blue ticks) by Nicola and the fact it is only 40 seconds after possible iPhone SOS attempt. This is also BEFORE the suspected timeline for entering the river/elevated heart rate/screams. Incapacitated?

[Mark McPhillips @Clarionrider]

@douwanttea They did for the fitbit. I think the volume and side button presses when just recorded as 'button presses' could easily have been overlooked. It is only relevant because of the timing and the fact that those button presses can also start the iPhone SOS procedure.

[Mark McPhillips @Clarionrider]

@SpookyMulder211 @Richard37247328 I'm curious does what you have support the possible SOS iPhone attempt or is this something away from the river bank?

[Mark McPhillips @Clarionrider]

@L_Jayne https://t.co/PeMACyUO4u

[Mark McPhillips @Clarionrider]

@TimeRunning_Out @mroshe13 Timeline is here. https://t.co/gjfcBBckSc

As reported from inquest by a national newspaper it is referenced at the end of the tweet

[Mark McPhillips @Clarionrider]

@iv8L73o1t6Z6Urw Yes. https://t.co/PeMACyUO4u

[Mark McPhillips @Clarionrider]

@TimeRunning_Out @mroshe13 Timeline is here. https://t.co/gjfcBBckSc

As reported from inquest by a national newspaper it is referenced at the end of the tweet

[Mark McPhillips @Clarionrider]

@TimeRunning_Out @mroshe13 Only the buttons pressed were mentioned. Side button, volume button. BUT those BUTTONS used start the SOS process. RELEVANT especially due to the timing of when this occured. It jumped out at me as soon as I read it.

[Mark McPhillips @Clarionrider]

@TimeRunning_Out @mroshe13 Timeline is here. https://t.co/gjfcBBckSc

As reported from inquest by a national newspaper it is referenced at the end of the tweet

[Phil Overton 🇬🇧 @Phil_Overton]

#NicolaBulley

Timeline presented at the inquest:

8.26am – Nicola Bulley is pictured on the family's Ring doorbell camera leaving her home in Inskip, Lancashire along with her two daughters and the family dog, Willow, in her black Mercedes SUV. The 3.4 mile journey to St Michael's Primary School takes around eight minutes.

8.33:49am – dog walker Richard Fife passes a black-clad man as he enters Allotment Lane in St Michael's-on-Wyre heading for the riverside path.

8.34:33am – mobile phone data analysis places Ms Bulley's handset near St Michael's Primary School while her Mercedes is also seen there on a police dashcam.

8.34:33am-8.41:38am – witnesses and CCTV place Ms Bulley at the school as she drops off her daughters; Mr Fife is in the fields beside the river with his labrador.

8.41am approx – witness David Hall passes Ms Bulley who is walking north across the road bridge over the Wyre towards the start of the riverside path, confirmed by her mobile phone data.

8.42:50am – mobile phone analysis shows Ms Bulley starting to walk along the riverside path in the direction of the bench.

8.46:30am – Ms Bulley's iPhone 'pings' four times near the bench beside a bend in the river to within an accuracy of up to 7.6m

8.47am approx – Mr Fife leaves the 'lower' field, passing Ms Bulley who is walking the other way with her phone held out in front of her.

8.48:50am - Handset location data shows Ms Bulley's phone in the 'lower' field.

8.52:53am – Still in the 'lower' field, Ms Bulley receives a WhatsApp message from her sister Louise Cunningham regarding plans for an upcoming spa day.

8.53:36am – Ms Bulley sends an email to her boss, Ben Pociacho at Exclusively Mortgages, regarding a mortgage client – she is still in the lower field.

8.54:27am – Mr Fife is caught on CCTV as he walks back up Allotment Lane, seeing to his surprise that the black-clad man is still on the corner by the main road.

8.55am approx – Claire Chesham, another school run mother walking her dog, reaches the 'lower' field and can see Ms Bulley with Willow approaching the hedgerow dividing it from the 'upper' field.

8.55:16am – phone data places Ms Bulley's handset in the south eastern corner of the 'lower' field near the river.

8:59:38am – Now in the 'upper' field, Ms Bulley sends a Facebook message to another mother, Lucie Musella, arranging a kids play date for the following afternoon. The message simply consists of a suggested time and a smiley face emoji.

9.01:05am – Ms Bulley joins a work Teams call on her phone, remaining on mute as it proceeds.

9.05-9.10am approx – Mrs Chesham sees Ms Bulley walking in a loop around the 'upper' field. It is the last confirmed sighting of her alive as Mrs Chesham returns back up the riverside path.

9.18:01am and 9.18:11am - Volume and side buttons are used on Ms Bulley's phone.

9.18:41am – Ms Bulley receives a WhatsApp message about the spa day from 'Tosh' – her sister, Louise Cunningham. It reads: 'The difference of £22 I will cover for the dress mum got you at Christmas that you didn't keep and I had x.' She did not receive blue ticks to say her sister had read the message.

9.20:36am – Mrs Chesham is pictured on CCTV leaving the top of Allotment Lane onto Blackpool Road.

9.20:39am-9.20:42am – three further handset pings place Ms Bulley around the bench close to which Willow would later be found. Unusually, it is the last handset data for ten minutes.

9.22am – heartrate data gathered by Ms Bulley's Fitbit peaks at around 100BPM.

9.23:05am – Penny Fletcher is caught on her home CCTV leaving Wyreside Caravan Park at the bottom of Allotment Lane and walking through an area of scrub downstream from the bench.

9.33am approx – Mrs Fletcher finds a spaniel – which turns out to be Willow - near the river with an iPhone with its screen lit up on the bench.

9.35:08am – Keith Barlow is caught on CCTV walking his dog from Rowanwater caravan park next to the upper field; he spots and later speaks to Mrs Fletcher by the bench.

9.36am-9.55am – in the garden of her home on Allotment Lane, Helen O'Neill hears a scream coming from the direction of the riverside path.

9.45:32am – having tied Willow to the bench with string and tried to memorise the number on her collar tag, Penny Fletcher is caught on CCTV walking back to the caravan park. She calls the number but has taken it down wrongly so tries a local vet's, without success, then calls friend Susan Jones to pass on a message to her husband Roger – who is walking his own dog – about the mystery spaniel.

9.50am approx – Veronica Claesen at the village tennis club near the primary school hears a scream coming from the direction of the riverside path.

10.04am – Mrs Fletcher calls her daughter-in-law Anne-Marie in the hope of identifying the spaniel's owner.

10.10am approx – Roger Jones reaches the bench and finds Willow tied to it along with the phone. He calls his wife who informs him about what Penny Fletcher has told her about finding the dog running loose, then continues his own walk.

10.20am approx – At Allotment Lane, Norma Kershaw sees Susan Jones coming to assist her husband.

10.30am approx – Mr and Mrs Jones plus Ms Kershaw congregate at the bench.

10.32:13am - The number of location readings on Ms Bulley's mobile phone increases, indicating the device is being handled and moved.

10.40am approx – The group place Willow on her harness and walk her back to the caravan park.

10.40:26am – Paul Ansell, who is working from home, makes the first of six phone calls in seven minutes to his partner's mobile, none of which is answered.

10.47:30am – Mr and Mrs Jones plus Ms Kershaw are pictured arriving back at Allotment Lane with Willow.

10.48:06am – Mr Ansell sends a WhatsApp message reading 'Have you got lost?' to Ms Bulley.

10.50am approx – Anne-Marie Fletcher recognises Willow as Ms Bulley's dog and calls her children's school.

10.54:15am – staff at St Michael's Primary School call Mr Ansell.

10.56am approx – Ring doorbell from the family home in Inskip shows Mr Ansell setting off for St Michael's.

10.57:25am – Mr Ansell calls Ann-Marie Fletcher and – according to Mrs Jones' evidence – says: 'She's struggling.'

11.00:39am – Mr Ansell dials 999 to report his wife missing.

11.10am approx – Mr Ansell reaches the bench where he meets Anne-Marie Fletcher plus Mr and Mrs Jones who have Willow and his partner's phone.

https://t.co/drmvLC5PaZ

[Mark McPhillips @Clarionrider]

@SpookyMulder211 That is what I thought too. Only thing I can do is put the information out there and keep it factual.