Rukayat Adesina, a 27-year-old hairdresser residing at 7, Almaroof Street, Ijaiye-Ojokoro, Lagos State, is in the dock in an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly pouring hot water mixed with pepper on her neighbour, Taiwo Olajide, during a disagreement. According to the prosecutor in the case, Corporal Kehinde Olatunde, the incident happened at the compound both ladies stay, on July 12, 2015. Olatunde told the court that the complainant was coming from the bathroom with only her towel tied around her body when Adesina accosted her and emptied the substance on her, causing her skin to peel off. “The complainant was coming from the bathroom when the accused poured the substance on her, which peeled her skin from head to toe.” Corporal Olatunde said that the hairdresser had suspected the victim of dating her husband and had earlier confronted her and the quarrel had been settled by fellow tenants. “She had vowed to disfigure the complainant so that her face and body will no l...