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>A woman has been found guilty of an acid attack in Bristol that left her former partner with such terrible injuries that he was driven to euthanasia.
>Berlinah Wallace, 49, threw sulphuric acid over Mark van Dongen, 29, in a fit of jealousy and rage after he began a relationship with another woman.
>Bristol crown court heard that Wallace, a former fashion student, hurled acid at van Dongen, an engineer, as he lay in bed, laughing and taunting him: “If I can’t have you, no one else can.”
>Van Dongen’s face and much of his body was severely scarred. The acid burned through 25% of his body surface and he was paralysed from the neck down, lost most of his sight and his lower left leg had to be amputated.
>As Van Dongen lay in a coma, police began piecing together what had happened. It was a difficult and upsetting investigation for all concerned. His injuries were so severe that the senior investigating officer, DI Paul Catton, kept the images under lock and key.
>He spent more than a year in hospital in Bristol before his family and friends hired a private ambulance to move him to Belgium, where he applied for euthanasia.
>Wallace was found guilty of throwing a corrosive substance with intent but cleared of murder.
theguardian.com
theguardian.com
