A woman accused of killing a patient who had silicone injections in her buttocks in New York should be deported to the United States, a judge has said.<\/p>\n
Kelly Mayhew, 34, died in 2015 after having cosmetic surgery injections in the basement of a house in Queens.<\/p>\n
Donna Francis, 38, from Essex, is wanted in the US and could face charges over criminally negligent homicide.<\/p>\n
The case will now be sent to Home Secretary Sajid Javid to make the final decision within the next two months.<\/p>\n
Ms Francis could also be charged with unauthorised practise of a profession.<\/p>\n
She moved to the UK the day after the procedure and was arrested in May 2017.<\/p>\n
The court heard that Ms Mayhew and her mother visited Ms Francis’s home on 30 May at 18:00 EST and were taken to the basement, where there were two folding chairs and a treatment table.<\/p>\n
While the silicone injections were being administered, Ms Mayhew’s mother held her daughter’s hand.<\/p>\n
But part way through, she said she noticed that her daughter was no longer gripping her hand, was gurgling and her eyes were bloodshot and bulging.<\/p>\n
Paramedics were called but Ms Mayhew was declared dead at 19:42.<\/p>\n
An autopsy reported seven puncture sites in Ms Mayhew’s buttocks following the injection of unencapsulated silicone.<\/p>\n
Previously the court heard that the type of silicone used by Ms Francis, who did not wear a surgical gown during he procedure, was in the wrong form and caused systemic emboli, which led Ms Mayhew’s death.<\/p>\n
She has been fighting extradition to the US, saying it breached her right to a family life under article 8 and she faces inhumane conditions and torture under article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights.<\/p>\n
The judge ruled that although being separated from her daughter would lead to to emotional distress, the public interest in deportation, particularly for such a serious offence, outweighed this.<\/p>\n
He noted that Ms Francis, from Loughton, was not focused at the time on the young woman who died but on fleeing the scene and then the country the next day.<\/p>\n
No appeal is possible until after the decision by Mr Javid.<\/p>\n
Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"