| DVTimes |
12-16-2004 03:07 PM |
'Porn star fed hubby pills'
By JOHN COLES
A PORN star force-fed her suicidal husband pills ? because she wanted to get her hands on his money, a jury heard yesterday.
James Edwards, 38, asked estranged Gemma Johnson, 21, to help him kill himself because he had the crippling condition spina bifida.
She allegedly agreed ? but only if he changed his will so she would inherit his home, a £400,000 life insurance policy and £80,000 in cash.
Johnson, who starred in a string of porn films under the name Candice Paris, was said to have ?aggressively? forced painkillers into his mouth.
She also allegedly tried to help him hang himself with a dressing gown cord.
Porn photographer Mr Edwards, 38, told the court Johnson became annoyed because the pills appeared to be having little effect. He said: ?She was getting a bit frustrated.?
Mr Edwards later passed out and was found unconscious in his Bristol home by his mother. He was rushed to hospital where he was revived.
Bristol Crown Court heard Johnson sent text messages to Edwards urging him to ?get on with it? after earlier suicide bids failed.
One message allegedly read: ?Do it properly. You would make a lot of people?s lives happier.?
Johnson denies aiding a suicide bid. The case continues.
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