DAILY MAIL
My ex-husband burned my mother to death in front of me – if the police had taken me seriously, she’d still be here today
A woman has revealed how she watched in horror as her ex-husband burned her mother to death in front of her.
Susan Lynch, 52, from Benfleet, Essex, was at her mother Jennifer Cronin’s home in March 2018 when her abusive ex Kieren Lynch, 50, broke into the garden with his arm was on fire.
As Susan made a cup of tea inside, Kieren doused Jennifer’s face, head and back in petrol and set her on fire. He then engulfed the rest of his body in flames.
Kieren died later that evening at Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford, Essex, while Jennifer passed away 17 days later.
Appearing on ITVX’s new series A Murder in The Family, Susan stressed how she believes her mother would still be alive in police had taken her complaints seriously.
A spokesperson from Essex police confirmed that on the morning of the murder, officers changed the status of the case from ‘high risk’ to ‘medium’ – meaning they did not expect there to be ‘imminent’ physical harm.
The couple – who shared daughters Matilda and Molly – were married for 24 years before Kieren developed a cocaine addiction. Susan said in the new show that his ‘personality change when he’d had a drink’.
