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Acid attack: Mark van Dongen's ex-partner cleared of his murder

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Smoke Jumper: Mark van Dongen. His oil drilling days are over.

A woman has been cleared of murdering her former partner in an acid attack which led him to end his life.

Berlinah Wallace, 48, hurled the corrosive fluid at Dutch engineer Mark van Dongen in Bristol in 2015.

Fifteen months later he ended his life by euthanasia in a Belgian hospital. He was paralysed from the neck down and had lost a leg, ear and eye.

At Bristol Crown Court, Wallace was found guilty of throwing a corrosive substance with intent. 'I realised his skin was melting'. The fashion student, originally from South Africa, was cleared by the jury of both murder and manslaughter.

During the three-week trial Wallace told the jury Mr van Dongen, 29, had put the acid in a glass for her to drink. The pair had met five years earlier on a dating website for people with HIV, as both had the condition.

Mr van Dongen had returned to her flat in Ladysmith Road, Westbury Park, on the night of 22 September 2015 to reiterate that their turbulent relationship was over but decided to stay the night.

The trial heard Wallace threw a glass of acid over him as he lay in his boxer shorts on their bed, and shouted: "If I can't have you no-one will." Screaming in agony, he staggered out on to the street where he was found by alarmed neighbours who dialled 999.

Harrowing recordings of his suffering as they attempted to help him were played to the court during the trial. Meanwhile, instead of calling an ambulance, Wallace sat on the sofa in her flat and called another ex-boyfriend. She will be sentenced on Wednesday.


Prosecutor Adam Vaitilingam acknowledged this was not a typical murder case but said it needed to be tried because Mr van Dongen's suffering had led him to end his own life.

Euthanasia is legal in Belgium, where his family live.

Mr Vaitilingam said: "It was exactly why she did it, to scar him for life, to make him less of a man and unable to have a relationship with another woman.

"It's the first time a jury has had to decide if an attacker is guilty of the murder where the victim has chosen to end his own life by euthanasia because of the terrible condition he was left in by the attack.

"Murder is made out if the attacker intended to kill them or cause them really serious harm. "The doctors in Belgium granted euthanasia because of his unbearable physical and psychological suffering."

Source with video: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-44159192
 


Berlinah Wallace jailed for life after “evil” acid attack​


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Berlinah Wallace jailed for life after 'evil' acid attack, Report
Berlinah Wallace jailed for life after 'evil' acid attack, Report
Berlinah Wallace jailed for life after 'evil' acid attack, Report
Berlinah Wallace jailed for life after ‘evil’ acid attack on ex-boyfriend Mark van Dongen.

Berlinah Wallace, the negress who threw sulphuric acid over her former partner who later died by euthanasia, has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 12 years at Bristol Crown Court.
Wallace had been acquitted of murder but found guilty of convicted of throwing a corrosive substance with intent after a month-long trial.
Mrs Justice Nicola Davies, sentencing, said the attack was “an act of pure evil”.
Wallace threw the liquid over engineer Mark van Dongen as he slept at her flat in Westbury Park, Bristol, in September 2015, and laughed as she told him: “If I can’t have you, no-one else can.”
The 29-year-old was in a coma for four months, and suffered extensive burns to his body. He was left blind in one eye, paralysed from the neck down and had to have his lower left leg amputated.
He died by euthanasia at a hospital in Belgium on 2 January last year.
The judge told Wallace: “Having carried out this horrific attack you then told lie after lie.
“When interviewed by the police you sought to place the blame upon Mark van Dongen, falsely alleging that he had poured the acid into the glass on your bedside table intending that you should drink it.
“It was an account which you gave in September 2015 and maintained throughout this trial.
“Not only did you make this wholly false accusation to the police and throughout your trial, you further sought to destroy the name and character of Mark van Dongen, alleging that he was the abuser in your relationship.
“Mark van Dongen is no longer alive. He was unable to defend himself against any of your accusations.”
However, the judge said she accepted the evidence of Mr van Dongen’s colleagues and father, who said the engineer was scared of Wallace.
“He was right to be so because he had some idea of what you were capable of,” she told Wallace, 48, who is South African.
 
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