Woman tragically took her own life after 'mistaken identity' case

A YOUNG woman from Newcastle tragically took her own life after "experiencing extreme trauma" when armed police raided her home and arrested her partner in a case of mistaken identity.

- JEREMY ARMSTRONG and DAVID HUNTLEY

Cherry Turner became obsessed with police coming back to the home and feared they had 'bugged' the property she shared with her fiancé Craig Jackson, a court heard.

The 31-year-old sadly took her own life on July 1, 2022, "as a consequence of the ordeal" and spiralled into depression, a jury at South Tyneside Coroner's Court ruled. The Mirror reports that the incident led to the loss of both their lives as Craig could not bear to be without his childhood sweetheart.

Craig, who received a kidney from dad Ian, 62, in a 2017 transplant, stopped taking his anti-rejection drugs and died in January this year. He told his family that he was unable to live without 'the love of his life!

Squad cars, riot vans and armed cops descended on the home which Cherry and Craig shared in Denton, Newcastle on December 12, 2021. Craig had been mistaken for another man of the same name who was allegedly involved in a gun offence on Tyneside.

Cherry's death, just eight months after Northumbria Police's raid, came about as a result of their "error", the inquest heard. Her mum Michelle, 54, told the Mirror: "There was communication on the police log saying: 'I think we have the wrong kid.

"They had the suspect on CCTV getting out of the car. They later sent two police officers to knock on his door.