A British woman facing prison in the US after she was accused of killing a patient who died just minutes after a botched cosmetic buttock operation could be held in rat-infested cells ‘covered in faeces and vomit’, a court has heard.
Donna Francis, 37, gave Kelly Mayhew, 34, three silicone injections in her bottom in the basement of her house in New York in May 2015.
But on the third dose Ms Mayhew ‘turned purple’ and immediately went into shock. She died shortly after.
Francis is facing extradition to the US after being indicted by a jury in Queens, New York.
Instead of calling an ambulance, Francis allegedly cleared up her equipment and ran from the house, fleeing to London when she learned the woman had died.
More than a year later an arrest warrant was issued and a jury indicted Francis for ‘criminally negligent homicide’.
She was finally tracked down and arrested by police in London in December 2017.
A lawyer giving evidence on behalf of the defence described the ‘filthy’ conditions Francis would be subjected to while being screened upon arrival in the US.
She would be brought to either Manhattan Detention Complex or Brooklyn Detention Centre, both of which house male inmates. It would be the first time either would house a female inmate.