Perfume Plot Hurts Husband

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Perfume Plot Hurts Husband

Stuart Woman Accused Of Badgering Chemically Sensitive Mate

POSTED: 11:48 a.m. EDT May 11, 2003

STUART, Fla. -- A County woman has been charged with aggravated battery. Prosecutors say Lynda doused herself with perfume, sprayed bug killer and disinfectant and burned scented candles in an effort to seriously injure her chemically sensitive husband. The 36-year-old woman was arrested Thursday in Stuart. Her 46-year-old husband, , is disabled due to allergies and other medical problems that his doctors say resulted from exposure to toxic mold and hazardous chemicals as a construction worker.

That exposure netted him $150,000 in a recent workers compensation settlement. He told County sheriff's investigators that his wife became enraged April 4 when he refused to give her half of his workers' compensation award. He says she then tried to injure him with the perfume and other fragrances. Attorney Steger, representing Lynda , says the charge is a misuse of the criminal justice system.

Copyright 2003 by The Associated Press