A case of attempted murder has been opened after a woman sustained serve burns to her face and body after her brother poured boiling water on her.
The incident happened in Klarinet on December 25 at 14:30 when a 51-year-old woman was sleeping in her house.
The woman alleged that she arrived home from her friends house, she felt like something to drink so she went to the fridge.
She reached for the water, but it was still warm and then she decided to drink the juice that was in the fridge, but it was also warm.
That is when the 51-year-old woman decided not to drink anything and she went to her room to have an afternoon nap.
While she was sleeping her brother came into her room and asked if he could borrow her traveling bag then she told him that he could not.
He returned to the room after a while and he poured hot water all over her face and body then tied her up in a blanket.
She sustained serve burns to her face and body.
