WOMAN SLASHES RIVAL"S BREAST WITH BLADE,PHOTO

A 28-year-old woman, Tina Promise, was Wednesday arraigned before an Igbosere Magistrates' Court sitting in Lagos State for allegedly inflicting injury on her husband's alleged lover.

The nursing mother, who resides at 71b Molade Okoya Thomas Street, Victoria Island, allegedly cut the victim, Esther Onogwu's breast with a razor blade.

The prosecutor, Sergeant Francesca Job, told the court that the mother of three committed the offence on February 6, 2017, at about 9:20pm.

Job said, "The defendant unlawfully used razor blade to inflict wound on the left breast of one Esther Onogwu, 22, who is a cleaner at Eko Hotel.

"On the day of the incident the Victim was on her way home after the close of work when the defendant approached her and demanded for the key to her room.

"While Onogwu was demanding to know who the defendant was, and why she would be asking for the key to her house, the defendant suddenly brought out a razor blade and started cutting her on her head and also cut her left breast.

"After inflicting the injury on the complainant, she was about to leave the place when eye witnesses that were around apprehended her and asked her to take the victim to the hospital for treatment, but she refused, saying that she doesn't have money to take her for treatment.

"It was some of the eye witnesses around that later took Onogwu to the bar beach Police station, and then the police took her to the hospital," the prosecutor added.

In her ruling, the presiding Magistrate, F. Botoku granted the defendant who is a nursing mother bail in the sum of N200, 000, with one surety in like sum.

He adjourned trail to March 1, 2017.