“I'm a survivor, I'm not a victim ... I am alive.” A woman who suffered a horrific 14-hour assault involving acid and boiling water says she doesn’t know how she is still alive. LunchtimeLiveNT
39-year-old Christopher Stokes, of Sarsfield Avenue, Garryowen, Limerick, was jailed for 11-and-a-half years on Wednesday for the attack.The 14-hour ordeal involved the use of acid, boiling water and an attempt to burn Ms Lee’s house down."He started getting very agitated, because he owed maintenance money or something," she said.
"He got me and the other witness to drive to Charleville and kept on punching me in the car," she said."He drove us to Charleville, the witness waited outside in the car for 22 minutes, and drove us back to Limerick.Simone said things escalated further when they got back to her apartment."He wouldn't even let me use the bathroom in my own apartment."I thought I was dead - to this day, I don't know how I'm alive".
"I still remember the pain of that - I had to get skin graphs taken from my thigh put on to my back"."I remember waking up - I didn't know the time at the time - it was 3.50 in the morning," she said."I looked up... he'd a load of furniture and debris thrown on top of me."I didn't know until the following day he had my whole front door and everything barricaded.She said her neighbour two doors away raised the alarm after smelling smoke.
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