Jacky Sutton talking to Rudaw months before her alleged suicide at Istanbul's Ataturk airport. Photo: Julie Adnan
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The family of Jacky Sutton, former BBC journalist who was found dead in Istanbul’s Ataturk airport, says they are satisfied with the investigation undertaken by Turkish authorities which show no involvement of a third party in Jacky Sutton’s death.
In a joint statement with Institute of War and Peace Reporting (IWPR), Jacky’s family believe that based on the evidence available to them, they have concluded that Jacky has acted alone.
“The Turkish authorities have cooperated fully and provided access to the complete dossier of evidence relating to the case, including copies of the CCTV images and all documentation,” read the statement.
“Comprehensive CCTV footage with no apparent time gaps, still photographs, witness statements, a viewing of the body by her sister, and a site visit by IWPR and the family all indicate that Jacky was alone and that there was no sign of struggle,” added Sutton’s family and IWPR.
Jacky Sutton’s family and IWPR have indicated that once the investigation made by Turkish authorities is complete, they will get help from an independent investigator.
The ex-BBC reporter serving as IWPR’s acting Iraq director arrived at the airport around 10pm for a flight to Iraqi Kurdistan Region’s Erbil around midnight. The reports said Sutton missed her connecting flight and became distraught, first bursting into tears and then allegedly taking her own life in a toilet cubicle by reportedly hanging herself with a shoestring.
According to the IWPR website, Sutton was working on a PhD dissertation on the position of female journalists in Iraq and Afghanistan at the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies at the Australian National University.
Sutton had talked to Rudaw’s Julie Adnan about the trend of female fighters among the ranks of the so-called Islamic State, or ISIS. The footage of the interview is believed some of the last of Sutton’s.
In a joint statement with Institute of War and Peace Reporting (IWPR), Jacky’s family believe that based on the evidence available to them, they have concluded that Jacky has acted alone.
“The Turkish authorities have cooperated fully and provided access to the complete dossier of evidence relating to the case, including copies of the CCTV images and all documentation,” read the statement.
“Comprehensive CCTV footage with no apparent time gaps, still photographs, witness statements, a viewing of the body by her sister, and a site visit by IWPR and the family all indicate that Jacky was alone and that there was no sign of struggle,” added Sutton’s family and IWPR.
Jacky Sutton’s family and IWPR have indicated that once the investigation made by Turkish authorities is complete, they will get help from an independent investigator.
The ex-BBC reporter serving as IWPR’s acting Iraq director arrived at the airport around 10pm for a flight to Iraqi Kurdistan Region’s Erbil around midnight. The reports said Sutton missed her connecting flight and became distraught, first bursting into tears and then allegedly taking her own life in a toilet cubicle by reportedly hanging herself with a shoestring.
According to the IWPR website, Sutton was working on a PhD dissertation on the position of female journalists in Iraq and Afghanistan at the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies at the Australian National University.
Sutton had talked to Rudaw’s Julie Adnan about the trend of female fighters among the ranks of the so-called Islamic State, or ISIS. The footage of the interview is believed some of the last of Sutton’s.
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