Man who threw acid in Limerick woman's face jailed for 11-and-a-half years

Judge condemns 'sustained, vicious, prolonged' assault during which woman had boiling water poured over her back and her home set alight as she lay seriously injured

The court heard that Christopher Stokes had said: “I am going to kill the two of you. I am going to cut you up and kill the two of you.”

A 39-year-old man who threw acid on to a woman’s face, poured boiling water over her back, and set fire to her home as she lay seriously injured, was sentenced to 11-and-a-half years in prison on Thursday.

As he jailed Christopher Stokes of Sarsfield Avenue, Garryowen, Limerick, Mr Justice Michael McGrath said: “This was a sustained, vicious, prolonged, and frightening assault which has left her with ongoing injuries of a psychological and physical nature.”