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| Mark Van Dongen acid attack: Berlinah Wallace 'has to pay for this' | Mark Van Dongen acid attack: Berlinah Wallace 'has to pay for this' |
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| A man who had acid thrown over him told police and paramedics his ex "must pay" for the attack, a court has heard. | A man who had acid thrown over him told police and paramedics his ex "must pay" for the attack, a court has heard. |
| Berlinah Wallace, 49, denies murder and applying a corrosive fluid to Mark Van Dongen in Bristol in 2015. | Berlinah Wallace, 49, denies murder and applying a corrosive fluid to Mark Van Dongen in Bristol in 2015. |
| Bristol Crown Court heard the 29-year-old ended his life in a Belgian euthanasia clinic 15 months after the incident. | Bristol Crown Court heard the 29-year-old ended his life in a Belgian euthanasia clinic 15 months after the incident. |
| The court heard from paramedic Dean Carter who said Mr Van Dongen told him: "She [Ms Wallace] has to pay for this". | The court heard from paramedic Dean Carter who said Mr Van Dongen told him: "She [Ms Wallace] has to pay for this". |
| He added that the Dutch engineer had "significant chemical burns" and was "frothing at the mouth". | He added that the Dutch engineer had "significant chemical burns" and was "frothing at the mouth". |
| Mr Van Dongen was left paralysed from the neck down and lost his left leg, ear and eye following the attack in September 2015. | Mr Van Dongen was left paralysed from the neck down and lost his left leg, ear and eye following the attack in September 2015. |
| Jurors at Bristol Crown Court also heard from neighbour Thomas Sweet, who said Mr Van Dongen was in the street shouting, in a lot of pain, wearing just his boxers. | Jurors at Bristol Crown Court also heard from neighbour Thomas Sweet, who said Mr Van Dongen was in the street shouting, in a lot of pain, wearing just his boxers. |
| "He looked like he had paint chucked on him," Mr Sweet said. | "He looked like he had paint chucked on him," Mr Sweet said. |
| He said Mr Van Dongen was asking to have a shower, "but when we said we would take him back to the flat said 'she lives there'. | He said Mr Van Dongen was asking to have a shower, "but when we said we would take him back to the flat said 'she lives there'. |
| "We reassured him we were taking him to a different flat. | "We reassured him we were taking him to a different flat. |
| "It looked like his skin was bleaching and his eyes were bloodshot. I told him the police were on their way. He said 'they need to be here, she needs to pay'." | "It looked like his skin was bleaching and his eyes were bloodshot. I told him the police were on their way. He said 'they need to be here, she needs to pay'." |
| The court also heard from PC Tom Green who went to hospital in the ambulance. | |
| "I asked him who'd done it. He'd replied 'Berlinah' pointing to a tattoo on his stomach - 'Berlinah Wallace - she needs to go to prison for this'", he said. | "I asked him who'd done it. He'd replied 'Berlinah' pointing to a tattoo on his stomach - 'Berlinah Wallace - she needs to go to prison for this'", he said. |
| "He then asked me to check his girlfriend [Violet Farquharson] was OK as he believed Berlinah was going there." | "He then asked me to check his girlfriend [Violet Farquharson] was OK as he believed Berlinah was going there." |
| The trial continues. | The trial continues. |