A TWENTY-SIX-year-old mother of two was on Thursday night reportedly doused with corrosive acid by the father of her two children.

Shundel Williamson, of 16 New Street, New Amsterdam, and formerly of Blue Berry Hill, Wismar, Linden, is currently suffering from burns about her face and body after the father of her two children, reportedly threw acid on her.

Reports reaching the Guyana Chronicle suggest that the woman’s ex-partner was dressed as a female to disguise himself when he reportedly committed the act. Williamson had reportedly left her New Street, New Amsterdam, home, which she shares with a female friend sometime before the incident occurred.

An eyewitness told the Guyana Chronicle that the man had visited the Williamson’s residence twice Thursday night inquiring about her whereabouts. Subsequent to his visits to the house, the person who was clad in female clothing and is believed to be the suspect, was seen sitting on the culvert.

The man’s appearance caused some concern among residents of the area, this publication understands. Meanwhile, the man who was reportedly wearing a dress and sported a wig entered Williamson’s yard and sat on the stairs to the back of the house which leads to the upper flat of the two-storey building.

The victim lives in the lower flat with her children. At approximately 20:00hrs, a male occupant of the upper flat observed the person attired in the female attire sitting on the stairs and inquired the purpose of the visit. He was told that the “female” was awaiting a male resident of the premises and he departed.

Half an hour later, Williamson was seen returning to her apartment when the person believed to be the father of her children armed with a bottle and a bowl was overheard saying , “If I can’t get you, then no one can’t,” before throwing the acid on the mother of two.

Screams rang throughout the yard and alerted neighbours who provided assistance to the young woman. The eyewitness told the Guyana Chronicle that the woman’s attacker broke the bottle which contained the substance before walking towards Republic Road, New Amsterdam, and entering a vehicle for which he was the driver.

Meanwhile, Devi Ramcharit, mother of the injured woman, said her daughter was afraid of the suspect, who had displayed abusive tendencies. Ramcharit told the Guyana Chronicle that her daughter had lived with the suspect at Blue Berry Hill, Wismar, after he had fled from the police, last September. The man was wanted by the police for being in possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

The woman recounted that while her daughter lived with the suspect in Linden, she was abused. The woman said the man allegedly choked Williamson in the presence of their five-year-old son. She recounted that the suspect was insecure and over protective and oftentimes prohibited her daughter from working.

The distraught woman told the Guyana Chronicle that after her daughter was burned, a call was made to the suspect’s landline phone in Linden, but they received no answer for hours. It was just before midnight when the man answered and said he did not hear the phone ringing. Ramcharit said he was told of her daughter’s condition and he calmly asked, “how she deh?”

He was briefed about her condition and he just asked for his sons, aged five and three years old respectively, before ending the call. The Guyana Chronicle understands that the suspect had operated a washbay at Main Street and Shoe Lane, New Amsterdam, in the past.