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The Accused Pleads Case In Her Defence
Rena Salmon, who stands accused of murdering Lorna Stewart in the former Equilibrium Salon on the Chiswick High Road, broke down in tears in court as she told how her husband had made her promise to commit suicide. She was so distraught when her husband, Paul, left her for Ms Stewart, that she tried twice, unsuccessfully, to take her own life. On one occasion she needed to spend four days in hospital. Mrs
Salmon recounted tales of cruel taunting that Paul Salmon had allegedly
subjected her. She said "He told me he had made a lot of mistakes
in his life but the biggest was calling the paramedics. I started
to cry and he said he could see the pain I was in and he would look
after the kids and I would be better off if I did it again.” Rena Salmon explained that she drove from the family home to Hungerford Common and took an overdose of pills after which she sent a text message to her children saying she would "look down on them from heaven". She was found by police and woke up in hospital "I told them
I didn't want to live and would do it again. I didn't want to be
alive, there was no point," she said. May 13, 2003 Sign up for our free weekly newsletter Emotional Scenes at Rena Salmon trial Husband and Family pay tribute to Lorna Get notified of local crime through Ringmaster
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