Police name Norfolk Broads boat deaths couple

A WOMAN whose body was found in a river alongside that of her partner has been named by Norfolk Police.

Annette Creegan, 49, of Mitcham, Surrey, was formally identified by officers yesterday after her body was found in the River Bure, on the Norfolk Broads, on Sunday.

Detectives believe she was dead before entering the water, probably as the result of strangulation.

Her partner, named locally as John Didier, died as the result of drowning. His death is not thought to be suspicious.

Police launched a search for the bodies after finding Ms Creegan’s 13-year-old daughter alone on a hired boat.

Ms Creegan worked as a community nurse for the Trinity Hospice charity in Clapham Common, south-west London.

Anne Hooper, the hospice’s chief executive, said: “Everyone at Trinity Hospice is devastated by this tragedy, and our thoughts are with Annette’s daughter and her family at this sad time.”