A mother of 4 was almost beaten to death by her obsessed ex-lover in a vicious attack on Friday night.
The victim is 33 year old Lorna Wade who is tonight in a bed at the KHMH with a fractured skull. Wade says late Friday night she was at her Gabourel Lane home when her ex-boyfriend Eston Young broke in her home and lashed out at her with a 2 x 4 and brutally began to beat her.
Tonight Lorna is literally black and blue from the attack, her head is in bandages, and she only just regained her vision. But she is talking, and from her hospital bed she braved the pain and shared her harrowing tale with us.
Lorna Wade, Beating Victim
"My window can't close good so he came through the window. Once inside he slapped me and said [expletive] I see someone brought you dinner. But the guy, who had brought me dinner, his girl was right there with him. So he brought something for his girl and he brought something for me also because we were all sitting down watching a DVD."
"Then the man (Eston Young) came and knocked me in my head with a fat piece of stick. [Sigh} He beat me in my back and then he continued to beat me in my head. I start to bawl and I cried for my children to go call Ms. Casey (a neighbor) because he was going to kill me. So my son ran and then he ran away. After that I dropped and I don't even know what happened after."
Lorna how are you doing?
Lorna Wade,
"I have a lot of headaches. My neck is hurting. Me back is hurting. But most of my head is swinging. I have a lot of headache."
Lorna you said you are telling your story so this can be a lesson to other women. Explain that.
Lorna Wade,
"I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy. I am in a lot of pain and I am innocent. Maybe if I did something to deserve it but I am innocent. I didn't do him anything."
To compound her worries, Lorna Wade still does not know just how badly she is injured because has not been able to take a CAT scan examination because she cannot suitably fit in the cat scans in Belize which are made for individuals under 300 pounds. Her family is currently making plans to take her to Chetumal though 7NEWS understands her best chance would be to seek treatment in the United States.
Sadly the only good news is that her attacker Eston Young appeared before a Magistrate on charges of attempted murder, use of deadly means of harm, dangerous harm, and aggravated burglary. No plea was taken and Young is remanded at the Hattieville Prison until the 15th of this month.