A teenager who threw a corrosive substance on a 15-month-old baby girl, severely disfiguring her face, has been sentenced to seven years' imprisonment.

She is Shanae Lawes, 19, of Galloway Road, Kingston 11.

Lawes pleaded guilty in the Home Circuit Court last month to three counts of inflicting grievous bodily harm with intent.

Mr. Justice Raymouth King put off sentencing until last Friday.

The facts of the case were that about 8:00 p.m. on September 3 last year, the baby's mother, Odessa McKenzie, was walking on Galloway Road. She had her baby in her arms and a friend, Shaneka Ashley, was walking beside her.

Lawes came out of her house and threw a corrosive substance on them.

The matter was reported to the police and Lawes was arrested and charged. Lawes told the police that some days before the acid attack, she and the baby's mother had a fight. She said she did not mean to throw the acid on the baby.

She said she mixed caustic soda with paint and she only intended to throw it on McKenzie.

Lawes was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment on each count. The sentences are to run concurrently so she will serve seven years.