'Kill me now': the acid attack that led Mark van Dongen to euthanasia

After the assault by his ex, Van Dongen suffered pain that no one can imagine, his father said When Mark van Dongen's father was shown to the ward at Southmead hospital in Bristol where his son had been taken after suffering acid burns to his face, body and limbs at the hands of Berlinah Wallace, he thought there had been an error. Related: Woman found guilty of throwing sulphuric acid at former partner