'Someone killed Jacky': Friends of ex-BBC journalist found hanged in Turkish airport toilets after missing connecting flight to Iraq claim she did not commit suicide
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 is believed to have been the acting Iraq director for the Institute for War and Peace Reporting.
Her death comes just five months after her predecessor at the organisation was killed in a car bomb attack in Baghdad.
She
held various positions over the years with humanitarian organisations
and the United Nations as well as working as a producer for the BBC,
according to her LinkedIn profile.
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, but missed her flight, it was reported.
Iraqi
journalist Mazin Elias, who had worked with her, told MailOnline that
it was 'impossible' that she committed suicide, alleging that 'someone
killed Jacky'.
Mr
Elias said she was dedicated to developing freedom of expression in
Iraq and was also trying to better herself by studying for her PhD.
'She continued in Iraq – everything was difficult, everything was a challenge, but she still continued.
'But, what I'm sure about, the kind of person that Jacky was, it's impossible she would have killed herself, impossible.
'She's really looking for a better life for everyone. So kill herself? That's crazy.
'I'm
really sad and sorry what happened, but if someone tells me 'she killed
herself', I tell him: "No, that's wrong, someone killed Jacky".'
He also thought it extremely unlikely she would have missed her flight.
Source: Dailymail
Source: Dailymail
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