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Sunday 14 February 2016

Woman Blinded in One Eye in Acid Attack Now Homeless and Sleeping in Car Park


A woman left with severe burn wounds and blindness in one eye after acid was thrown in her face on a night out is now homeless and sleeping in a car park.

Mother-of-six Carla Whitlock, 37, suffered burns to her face, neck, arm, and face after the attack outside the Turtle Bay restaurant in Southampton, Hampshire, in September last year.

She underwent surgery and was placed in protected accommodation while police searched for her attackers, but now she is homeless and has been sleeping inside a multi-storey car park in Southampton for the past six weeks.


‘It’s just horrible, I have had to cope and recover while being homeless, I have never felt so desperate,’ she said.

‘I just don’t know what to do any more I feel like we are being held down and ignored, I blame the police for not keeping me safe.’

Ms Whitlock said that because she has no fixed place of residence she cannot book appointments for further operations in hospital.

Hampshire Police said they have offered her help and will continue to offer assistance.

‘Hampshire Constabulary along with the Street Homeless Prevention Team, Southampton City Council and Portsmouth City Council have been working closely with Carla since her attack to find her safe and clean accommodation,’ said a Hampshire Police spokesman.


‘We understand she has not accepted the last accommodation she has been offered. We will continue to work with her.’

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