Mary Turnbull

Mary Turnbull was found injured in Postern Dene on 11 November 1951 and taken to hospital where she died the following day, 12 November 1951.

A 28-year-old open-cast coal site labourer was tried for her murder at the Northumberland Assizes at Newcastle on Saturday 19 January 1952 but acquitted. It was said that most of the evidence against him was circumstantial and noted that there were no eyewitnesses as to the injuries having been inflicted. He was also found not guilty of manslaughter.