Xeneral Webster pleads guilty to manslaughter of Joanne Rand, who died 11 days later A 19-year-old man has admitted killing a woman after she was accidentally splashed with high-strength acid from a bottle that was pushed towards her as he attempted to steal a bike from another man. Joanne Rand had been to visit her daughter's grave and was about to have a cigarette when she was hit with the sulphuric acid last June.