Cheating WPC Committed Suicide After Sending Text Meant For Lover To Husband!

AN UNFAITHFUL police officer committed suicide after she accidentally sent a text message meant for her lover to her husband of 30 years.

TRAGIC: Gail Crocker committed suicide after her husband discovered her affair [SWNS]

WPC Gail Crocker, 46, met a fellow officer while her hubbie Peter, 49, was on a business trip in London. Later that evening the mum-of-two typed a message on her mobile saying: "Thank you for a wonderful evening. Only wish we could do this more often".

Peter came home and she admitted to having a "one off" rendezvous with a male colleague.

The couple rowed and the next day Gail downed sleeping tablets and climbed into the boot of her car where she was found dead on June 15.

Peter told the inquest: "I got out (of the car) and she was in floods of tears saying she was sorry. She told me it was a one-off and she had never done it before. "She was my life. We had plans. Nothing was worth her taking her life. I'm lost without her."

The couple continued arguing the next day before Peter left for work. Peter told the hearing: "She went on and on again. My work phone rang. I was so angry I slammed it into the ground.

"I got home and Gail was not there and neither was her car. I didn't sleep at all. I didn't hear from Gail during the night."

Mr Crocker contacted her sergeant at Bodmin Police Station who told him she had called in sick for her shift that afternoon.

AFFAIR: Gail meant to send the message to her lover [SWNS]

The following morning David Rendell and his wife, who were close friends with the Crockers, spotted Gail's car in the car park at Lanjeth, a nearby village.

Mr Crocker discovered his wife's body in the boot next to an empty bottle of sleeping tablets and suicide notes written to him and daughters Chloe, 22 and Gemma, 25.

Consultant pathologist Ilona Hopkins recorded the cause of death as an overdose of diphenhydramine, a sleep aid, and tramadol, a painkiller.

Mrs Crocker first trained as a PCSO in Truro in 2003 and became a police constable in 2007. She met her husband in Plymouth, Devon, when she was aged 15 and he was 17.

Returning a verdict of suicide, Coroner for Cornwall Emma Carlyon told the hearing she was satisfied that Mrs Crocker's death resulted from a deliberate act to take her own life.

Sector inspector Robin Hogg said: "She was more than just a colleague; she was a good friend to us all. She will be truly missed.

"My thoughts go out to her family and friends at this time and I will continue to support them through the hard times ahead." A Daily Star UK report.