A 28-year-old Ghanaian woman based in the UK, Esther Afrifa, has been sentenced to 14-years in prison for carrying out an acid attack on her boyfriend, Kelvin Pogo
According to a JoyNews report, Esther bought a litre of sulphuric acid online to carry out the attack on Kelvin and hid it by the bedside at the home they shared in Wembley, northwest London. Based on untrue information, Esther thought Kelvin was secretly dating a university classmate and decided to acid bathe him when she found out.
According to a JoyNews report, Esther bought a litre of sulphuric acid online to carry out the attack on Kelvin and hid it by the bedside at the home they shared in Wembley, northwest London. Based on untrue information, Esther thought Kelvin was secretly dating a university classmate and decided to acid bathe him when she found out.
The judge in charge of the case at Harrow crown court, Judge Charles Bourne QC, while, sentencing Afrifa to 14 years, said it is “a truly wicked thing to do”. “You prepared a weapon you knew would cause extremely severe disfiguring injuries and terrible pain”, he said. “You armed yourself and deliberately followed through with that plan.”
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