A two-year-old girl?s eyesight was permanently damaged when she was hit by a broken bottle during a fight at a carnival, a hospital today confirmed.
By Tim WalshThe bottle was thrown into two-year-old Remiya Waldron?s face as a brawl broke out during Leicester?s annual Caribbean Carnival.
In a statement, Leicester Royal Infirmary Consultant Ophthalmologist Geoffrey Woodruff said: ?Remiya Waldron was admitted to the Leicester Royal Infirmary with injuries of the left eye and eyelids.
?She has had initial surgery to repair wound injuries to the skin around the eye and will have a CT scan to make sure there are no foreign bodies in the eye.
?The eye has developed a cataract as a consequence of the injury and will require cataract surgery. The full extent of the injury to Remiya?s eye and the extent to which her vision in this eye will be affected, is not yet clear.
?However, Remiya?s vision will be permanently affected to at least some degree and she will need to have regular visits to the eye clinic for at least the next four years.?
Remiya?s mother, Rebecca Waldron, of Stonesby Avenue, Leicester, said her family was devastated.
She told the Leicester Mercury: ?Remiya is a fighter but she is going to have to get used to not being able to see properly through one eye.
?I am willing to go as far as it takes to get justice for my daughter after what happened. I don?t want people to forget what happened to my daughter the next time the carnival is on.?
Leicestershire police have appealed for witnesses to the incident, which happened near Victoria Park?s pavilion, at around 8.30pm, on Saturday, August 7.
A 19-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of actual bodily harm and released on police bail pending further inquiries.
