{"id":60940,"date":"2016-12-07T10:53:10","date_gmt":"2016-12-07T08:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=60940"},"modified":"2016-12-07T11:53:39","modified_gmt":"2016-12-07T09:53:39","slug":"acid-attacker-sentenced-to-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2016\/12\/07\/acid-attacker-sentenced-to-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Acid attacker sentenced to prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Euphemia Sethema (35) was sentenced in the Middelburg Magistrates\u2019 Court recently.<\/p>\n<p>Sethema was charged with attempted murder after she flung acid at Linah Sesy Skhosana (28) in July 2015.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_60943\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-60943\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2016\/12\/BJNOV67-1-16.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-60943\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2016\/12\/BJNOV67-1-16-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"Lina Sesy Skhosana (28) before the acid attack. \" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-60943\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lina Sesy Skhosana (28) before the acid attack.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The incident is said to have happened at the house of the father of her two children, where she encountered Skhosana doing washing during a visit.<\/p>\n<p>Skhosana was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit at the Middelburg Hospital after the incident and sustained irreparable damage to her face, arm and chest.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_60942\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-60942\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2016\/12\/BJNOV67-3-16.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-60942\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2016\/12\/BJNOV67-3-16-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"Linah Skhosana in ICU after the attack. \" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-60942\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Linah Skhosana in ICU after the attack.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She covered her face and upper body with a scarf when she had to come to court to testify.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read previous stories about the acid attack here:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/32530\/acid-attacker-in-custody\/\" target=\"_blank\">Acid attacker in custody<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/32912\/acid-attacker-denied-bail\/\" target=\"_blank\">Acid attacker denied bail<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/37605\/bail-granted-to-acid-attacker\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bail granted to acid attacker<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>For\u00a0daily news updates:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Send a message to our SMS line 33658, like us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MiddelburgObserver\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and follow us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MOBSERV\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For videos check\u00a0out our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCs1fP1J8BpepNwIfk2qeVkQ\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The woman who threw acid into the face of her lover\u2019s mistress, scarring her for life, has been dealt a hefty 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