This is the moment a disabled grandma had a kettle full of boiling water thrown in her face by a ‘vile’ neighbour – leaving her seriously injured.
Susan Varley, 68, had just set off walking her grandson to school at 8am when her next door neighbour, Ina Priestly, 56, walked over to her unannounced and chucked the boiling water in her face.
CCTV footage shows the disabled grandma fall to the floor screaming in pain as Priestly walked back into her house.
Susan suffered serious burns to her scalp, forehead, left cheek and ear, and the back of her neck – her eyesight was saved as she was wearing her glasses.
Her four-year-old grandson only avoided the scorching water as he had his coat hood up.
Ina pleaded guilty to one count of causing grievous bodily harm with intent at Leeds Crown Court and was given a two-year community order and is required to comply with up to 25 rehabilitation activities.
Susan, from Morley, in Leeds, North Yorkshire, is still too ill to speak, but her daughter Donna, 35, said: ‘My mum is now a shell of the person she once was.
‘She used to be a sociable person, now she hardly goes out.
This is the moment a disabled grandma had a kettle full of boiling water thrown in her face by her ‘vile’ neighbour leaving her seriously injured
Susan Varley, 68, (pictured) had just set off walking her grandson to school at 8am when she was attacked
Ina Priestly is seen pouring water over her neighbour Susan Varley in a horrific video
‘My mum is now living the rest of her life worried that she will attacked again but the next time will it be acid or a knife.
‘She still has flashbacks to what happened – she has been physically and mentally scarred by her actions.’
Susan had lived next to Ina for the past 20 years and Donna says she had caused her constant trouble.
Donna, also from Morley, Leeds, said: ‘She had threatened her before, damaged her garden, put nails on her driveway so cars tires would pop if they drove over them.
‘She has been nasty to my mum over the past 20 years for no reason at all.
‘My mum just reported it to the council like they told her to on the many occasions when she complained.’
Susan was walking her grandson to primary school just before 8am when the incident happened on February 6, 2025.
After the horror unfolded, Donna told how her father Stuart, 76, heard his wife screams and rushed outside to find her lay on the floor in agony.
He then called the ambulance and the police and Ina was arrested the same day.
Susan was taken to Leeds General Infirmary by ambulance where they treated her burns.
Three days later she went to Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, where they surgically treated blisters which had formed on her face and head.
Susan (pictured with Donna) suffered serious burns to her scalp, forehead, left cheek and ear, and the back of her neck – her eyesight was saved as she was wearing her glasses
Ina is seen walking away after chucking the kettle full of boiling water over her neighbour
Donna said: ‘Her injuries were horrific – she had done nothing to deserve this.
‘She only saved her eyesight because she was wearing her glasses.
‘In the following days and weeks her eye swelled up really badly she had blistered on her scalp and face.
‘It got to the point where doctors were having to scrape them off her head and apply dressings to try and stop them causing infections.’
Donna says her mother was discharged the same day.
Ina appeared before Leeds Magistrates’ Court on March 10 where she pleaded not guilty and was remanded to custody.
A trial date was set for August 5 but on the same day – before it had commenced – she changed her plea to guilty.
Yesterday, Ina was sentenced at Leeds Crown Court to two-year community order and is required to comply with up to 25 rehabilitation activities.
She was also given a £114 surcharge and an indefinite restraining order not to directly or indirectly contact Susan.
