Article: A spectacular plunge from grace; With the looks of a model, her own business, a child and a loving partner, hers was the quintessential middle-class success story. But Sharon Rennie had an explosive temper that was to bring her crashing down to earth.

Byline: MATTHEW KNOWLES;MATTHEW KNOWLES

TO those who know little about her, Sharon Rennie would appear to be a beautiful, glamorous mother and a hard- working, shrewd businesswoman.

Well brought up by her dignified, working-class parents, she did some successful modelling before she came up with an idea for the quintessential middle-class business: a hand-painted furniture and vintage children's clothing shop in the exclusive Morningside suburb of Edinburgh.

But beneath the tastefully applied makeup, miniskirts just the right side of respectable and high-heeled shoes, 32-year-old Rennie is an altogether different character. Among her friends ...

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