Nurse left with horrific scars after Romanian thug threw scalding water on her
After the court case she told her daughter '‘the man who hurt mummy has been sent away and he’s not coming back'
A MENTAL health nurse has requested her attacker is deported to Romania after he threw boiling water on her leaving her face scarred for life in an unprovoked assault.
Claire Stott, from Paddock Wood, Kent, felt searing pain and heard colleagues screaming as she fell from her chair after being attack during a therapy session with a patient.
Her attacker, Vasile David, had calmly walked into the kitchen, filled a tumbler of boiling water, and doused Claire with the scalding liquid.
The 38-year-old has since asked for David to be deported, and magistrates at Maidstone Magistrates' Court have obliged as they chose to respect the victim's wishes.
Her attacker had previously been jailed for six years in 2012 after repeatedly kicking a 74-year-old shopkeeper and stealing more than £11,000 from a London Post Office while armed with an imitation firearm.
The mother of two chose to attend the court hearings during which 26-year-old David admitted causing actual bodily harm.
She said: "I want to see him deported and never allowed to return to this country.
"It’s important people know what nurses have to deal with. We go above and beyond on a daily basis. Apart from caring for patients and making them better we are keeping the public safe.
"I felt I had to go to court as part of the healing process. I have struggled to sleep and do my job for the past few weeks but I feel good about myself now.
"I had to explain what happened to my six-year-old in terms she could understand.
"After the court case I told my older daughter ‘the man who hurt mummy has been sent away and he’s not coming back'."
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She added: “I wanted to see he had got better and was looking healthier and it was nice to see he was and can now move on with his life.”
The court heard while on bail David fled to Romania but was arrested on a European warrant.
Magistrates were told he was being released having spent the last 10 months in Broadmoor and in an unusual step David’s solicitor asked for a suspended jail term so he could be immediately deported.
Jacqueline Taylor, chairman of the bench, told David there was no doubt his actions were so serious he should be sent to the crown court but due to the circumstances imposed a 180-day sentence, suspended for two years.
She said: “Deportation is due but more importantly your victim has requested it.”
The Romanian smiled and waved at family members as he appeared in the dock alongside five police and immigration officers.
Claire has been left with severe burns to 50 per cent of her face and left arm.
She now has to wear glasses and has been left emotionally scarred and in financial difficulties after having to cut her hours.
She said: "I really didn’t think something like this would affect me, but it has changed my life.
"I’m recovering but it’s going to take time."
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