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‘I FORGIVE HER, BUT I WON’T FORGET’ Acid victim breaks silence on life-changing injuries and the woman attacker By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net BLINDED for life in a 2020 acid attack, Stephanie Ann Braynen says she is relieved, but not satisfied, that the Court of Appeal has upheld the seven-year sentence of the woman who disfigured her, insisting her attacker deserved far more prison time. Ms Braynen, who lost her sight after Pandora McKenzie threw a metal cup of corrosive liquid
into her face in November 2020, said she is grateful the court refused to cut the sentence after McKenzie appealed just one year into her imprisonment. But she called the punishment “a slap on the wrist” for what she considers “a premeditated attempted murder.” Despite what she endured, she said she refuses to live with bitterness. “I feel sad for her,” she said. “I don’t hate her. I forgive her. But I won’t forget FORGIVE - SEE PAGE THREE
PHOTOS show Stephanie Ann Braynen before and after she was attacked with acid by Pandora McKenzie.
Darville says new hospital will not worsen flooding on Perpall Tract By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunemedia.net
HEALTH MINISTER Dr Michael Darville.
A CIVIL engineering report has concluded that the multi-million-dollar specialty hospital planned for the Perpall Tract area will not worsen flooding in nearby communities and is expected to help protect them, according to Health
and Wellness Minister Dr Michael Darville. He said this while contributing yesterday to a resolution to borrow $201m for the construction of the new specialty hospital. “I am pleased to report that the preliminary findings from the civil engineering report verified that HOSPITAL - SEE PAGE FIVE
• DAVIS warned that The Bahamas can no longer “accept” or “tolerate” outdated healthcare systems as he urged Parliament to approve a US $201m loan to build a new hospital on New Providence. It is “past time to change the status quo on healthcare.” SEE PAGE FIVE
US Ambassador-Designate Herschel Walker arrives
• THE Government is paying $39m over a ten-year period to acquire the recently-completed Harbourside in-patient facility on East Bay Street from Doctors Hospital, it was revealed yesterday. SEE BUSINESS
RICK FOX - IN HIS OWN WORDS SEE PAGE SEVEN
THE FIRST US Ambassador to The Bahamas in over a decade, Herschel Walker, his wife Julie Walker and his dog Duke, arrived at Jet Nassau terminal, yesterday. See PAGE FOUR
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