Dame Vera Baird, a barrister and former Labour minister who stepped down as victims’ commissioner last year, strongly criticised Lancashire police’s 'dreadful' decision to divulge medical information about missing woman Nicola Bulley, saying it was 'the biggest error that I have seen for quite a long time'. Baird told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme she thought the police would not have released such sensitive details had a man gone missing: 'It is a dreadful error to put this in the public domain for absolutely nothing and I’m afraid I think it’s as sexist as it comes.' The Lancashire constabulary has faced growing scrutiny since it revealed that Bulley, 45, had had 'significant issues with alcohol', brought on by the menopause, before she disappeared three weeks ago
Police release of Nicola Bulley’s personal details ‘as sexist as it comes’