Woman’s face gets acid bath

A 62-year-old woman stands to go blind after a close relative threw a corrosive substance in her face, police sources told Newsday yesterday.

The 73-year-old relative remained at large up to late evening, but police said an arrest is imminent. Carenage police said they have not yet obtained a statement from the victim, Ancilla Carrington, who is warded at the Port-of-Spain General Hospital. Reports are that around 9 am on Tuesday, Carrington and the relative had an altercation at her Constantine Street, Carenage home. The argument, according to police, arose when the man claimed that Carrington “killed” a certain part of his body. He then doused the woman’s face  with what Carenage police described as a corrosive substance. A neighbour then contacted the woman’s daughter in Morvant. Carrington was subsequently taken to the city hospital, where doctors told police she is in stable condition although she may lose her eyesight. PC Sifontis of the Carenage CID is continuing investigations.