Woman Jailed for Life for 'Sadistic' Acid Attack

[Illusion]

A woman has been jailed for life after being found guilty of a “sadistic and evil” acid attack that left her former partner with such terrible injuries that he was driven to euthanasia.

Berlinah Wallace threw sulphuric acid over Mark van Dongen in a fit of jealousy and rage after he began a relationship with another woman.

Wallace was told she would have to serve 12 years – minus time she has spent on remand – before she could be considered for parole.

Outside court, the victim’s father, Kees van Dongen, said that the minimum term was not long enough and argued she should never be released.

He said: “I am very pleased she is going to be locked up for 12 years, but really this is too little, as we as a family have been sentenced for life. I hope she messes up and doesn’t ever come out of prison again.

“There are only losers in this case. This has completely ruined our lives – financially and as a family. Our home has fallen apart. I hope we can start to pick up the pieces and rebuild.”
Senior investigating officer DI Paul Catton said: “The sentence, which I believe is the first life sentence handed to someone involved in an acid attack, reflects the gravity of the crime Wallace committed, her refusal to accept responsibility and the horrendous consequences her actions had.”

The court heard Wallace, a former fashion student, threw the acid at van Dongen, an engineer as he lay in her bed, while laughing: “If I can’t have you, no one can.”

Van Dongen, who is originally from Holland, spent more than a year in hospital in Bristol after the attack before family and friends hired a private ambulance to take him to Belgium, where the 29-year-old applied for euthanasia.

Wallace, 49, was found guilty by a jury at Bristol crown court of throwing a corrosive substance with intent but was cleared of murder. Her defence argued that Van Dongen had died at the hands of an unknown doctor in Belgium rather than Wallace and so she could not be guilty of his killing.

Mrs Justice Nicola Davies, the trial judge, called the attack premeditated, sadistic, malicious and callous.


Branding Wallace manipulative, controlling and dangerous, she told her: “Your intention was to burn, disfigure and disable Mark van Dongen so that he would not be attractive to any other woman. It was an act of pure evil.”

She said Van Dongen was targeted by Wallace when he was vulnerable and almost naked. Her focus was his face and then his body.

Wallace sat in the dock showing little emotion as the judge detailed the “catastrophic and life-changing injuries” Van Dongen had suffered as well as emotional and psychological damage.

She said Wallace told “lie upon lie” about what had happened and sought to destroy Van Dongen’s “name and character” by claiming he was abusive. The judge said Van Dongen was frightened of Wallace – and was right to be so.

Davies said the purchase of the acid used in the attack was not random and Wallace had carefully researched the effects of sulphuric acid.

She said: “You chose your moment for the attack. It occurred when Mark van Dongen, wearing only boxer shorts, was asleep in the bed which you had shared in your flat. Vulnerable, almost naked, he awoke but had no real opportunity to avoid the focus of your acid attack, namely his face and body.”

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[Oswald2001]

What CULTCHAS was involved in dis?

[spudigitti]

He suffered big time, she'll get counseling and psychotherapy, his family will get nothing !!

[Moloko]

Multiculturalism at it's finest. I don't think I had ever heard of an "acid attack" in the 80s.

[Johnny Wadd]

Arthur Collins has been jailed for 20 years for throwing acid across a packed London nightclub and injuring 22 people.

Judge Noel Lucas QC described the crime as a "despicable act" and said the criminal was "intent on causing really serious harm".

"The sentence was considered by many to be surprisingly lengthy and to some, even excessive," says Robert Bimpson, a lawyer from Professional Defence Lawyers.

"Upon closer consideration it isn't."

He and Sarah King, a solicitor from Stuart Miller Solicitors, talk us through the factors that will have impacted on the judge's decision.



How the fuck does this 'orrible cunt get 12 years for what she inflicted on that poor geezer,and Arthur gets 22 years for a much less serious attack,not that I have any sympathy for both these arse wipes

[spudigitti]

The Mafia in the 50s in new York blinded Victor riesel he was a paper reporter.

It's not unheard of going back 100 years but to most people it's disgusting and has no place in decent society !!

If justice is served someone will stick the bitches head in a cleaning bucket that has bleach in it.

Innit

[Oswald2001]

Originally Posted by spudigitti

If justice is served someone will stick the bitches head in a cleaning bucket that has bleach in it.

Innit

Eye for an eye.

Acid for acid.

Bleach for bleach.

[U2Addict]

Originally Posted by spudigitti

He suffered big time, she'll get counseling and psychotherapy, his family will get nothing !!

Not so fast, his family will get something. A cemetery with a marker and they can visit him in the ground anytime they want.
What a first class narcissistic, Cunt.

[Oswald2001]

Originally Posted by U2Addict

Not so fast, his family will get something. A cemetery with a marker and they can visit him in the ground anytime they want.
What a first class narcissistic, Cunt.

Even for that, they will have to pay...

[kellyhound]

Should have gotten life