CHARMAINE LAOE, the 39-year-old employee of the St. Andrew Revenue Service, who was the victim of a brutal acid attack on June 10, has succumbed to her injuries. The police said she died Sunday night in the University Hospital of the West Indies.
Her husband, who the police believe is the mastermind behind the attack, has been charged with murder.
Ms. Laoe, who was doused with a corrosive substance, suffered severe burns all over her body. Reports relating to the incident are that the attack took place about 8:30 a.m. on the day in question when Ms. Laoe arrived for work at the Constant Spring Tax Collectorate. A man who was passing in the opposite direction threw an acidic substance he was carrying in a black 'scandal' bag before fleeing down Constant Spring Road.
He was chased by a mob who held him on the hilly compound behind the St. Andrew Revenue Service and beat him to death. Ernie Dennis, one of several persons who witnessed the hideous assault, said the woman was about to pass through the complex gate when she was attacked.
"Mi si him come from behind a van an' mi si him spin 'roun' an' open the plastic bag an' throw sumptin' pon har, " he said.
