Jamaican woman extradited to US - To answer charges of dousing boyfriend with acid THE GOVERNMENT yesterday extradited a Jamaican woman to Boston, Massachusetts, to answer charges of dousing her boyfriend with acid earlier this year. She was escorted out of the island by two US marshals. Reports are that on June 18, 2001, Georgia Charlton, otherwise called Jennifer Graham, travelled to New York from Boston, in the company of Tewlin Lyew, a Jamaican who also lives in Boston. Charlton was travelling to New York to catch a flight to Jamaica. She and Lyew were en route to the airport in a car when she stopped at a house. The police said she returned shortly with a bottle in her hand. Allegations are that she then threw the contents of the bottle at Lyew while he was still sitting in the car. He received first, second and third degree burns and was taken to hospital where he is still a patient. According to the police, Charlton boarded the flight to Jamaica. But close collaboration between the New York Police and the Jamaica Fugitive Apprehension Team (JFAT) led to the arrest of Charlton, immediately after she arrived in the island. She appeared in court and was ordered extradited to the US.
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