Tragedy in Turkey as ‘courageous’ ex-BBC journalist, 50, is found hanged in airport
A British woman has been found hanged in a Turkish airport after missing her connecting flight to Iraq, it was claimed last night. Former BBC journalist Jacky Sutton, 50, had travelled from London Heathrow to Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport, but is believed to have failed to make it onto her next plane to Erbil. She then appeared distressed […]Mark Duell and Laura Wells write for the Daily Mail :
A British woman has been found hanged in a Turkish airport after missing her connecting flight to Iraq, it was claimed last night. Former BBC journalist Jacky Sutton, 50, had travelled from London Heathrow to Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport, but is believed to have failed to make it onto her next plane to Erbil. She then appeared distressed after being told by airline staff that she would have to buy a new ticket - and was later found in the toilets by three Russian passengers, according to local media.
Ms Sutton had arrived in Istanbul on Turkish Airlines flight TK-1986 at about 10pm local time on Saturday night, and was then due to fly to Erbil at about midnight, it was reported. She is believed to have been the acting Iraq director for the Institute for War and Peace Reporting, an organisation that supports journalists and activists in conflict-hit countries.
