…By jealous boyfriend

Story: Rueben SACKEY

A  young girl of 25 years  is  has had one of her ears completely burnt  and her face disfigured by  her jealous boyfriend.

 The  victim,  Grace Amezando,was attacked with an acidic substance by her boyfriend  whom she cohabited within a kiosk at Ashongman Estates.

Other parts of her body, her hands and chest have also been deformed making it difficult to stretch her hands.

According to the mother of two, her boyfriend, Bright Bosso prior to the attack, alleged she was cheating on him and threatened to make her  ugly so that no man would  come to her. 

“We had a misunderstanding on the 11th of May and he said I thought I was beautiful and that is why men are chasing me so I should wait and see. I would look unattractive very soon,” she told Amansan Television (ATV).

Grace said three days after her lover threatened her, at around 2 am while she was asleep in their kiosk with their children, she felt a hot substance on her body, which started causing her burning sensations. The substance, which she believed, was  acid also splashed on her little children who were with her at the time, causing them some injuries.

The young lady indicated that she suspected her children’s daddy was behind the attack because when the incident happened, the disappointed boyfriend told a neighbor who had called him to inform him about the accident  that he was at Kasoa “but within a short period of time he appeared in the house drenched in sweat and the neighbours who were around to help looked at him with shock”.

A friend of Grace Lawrencia Agbozo said, Bright who has since been remanded feared losing Grace to another man and therefore attacked her to look unattractive.

Lawrencia said whiles Grace struggles to get proper medical care, Bright has rented out their kiosk and topped up the money to hire the services of a lawyer to defend his case.

“Grace was taken to the Atomic hospital and also the 37 Military hospitals where they said they couldn’t handle her situation. She was later referred to the Korle-Bu Teaching hospital where doctors recommended immediate surgery for her but we couldn’t afford the cost,” she said.

The concerned friend further stated that “Bright has been arrested and has been remanded by the Kwabenya Circuit Court but the processes to prosecute him is being delayed.”