Kelly Mayhew Death: Donna Francis Extradited To US Over Silicone Death

A British woman, Donna Francis, accused of killing a patient, Kelly Mayhew, by giving her botched bum enhancement injections has been extradited to the US to face trial.

YaahooJournalist recalls that 34-year-old Kelly Mayhew died in 2015 after the silicone was injected into her buttocks in the basement of a house in New York.

Donna Francis, a 38-year-old former hairdresser of Loughton, Essex, is charged with criminally negligent homicide and unauthorised practice of a profession.

YaahooJournalist understands that Ms. Francis contested her extradition but the High Court rejected her case.

Ms. Francis was being held at Suffolk County Correctional Facility ahead of her court appearance on 27 September, Queens County Assistant District Attorney John Ryan said.

Though Kelly Mayhew’s death happened in 2015, however, if Donna Francis is convicted, the extradition order stipulates Ms. Francis cannot be sentenced to more than one year in a US jail.

‘Silicone from eBay’

The 38-year-old Donna Francis is accused of causing the death of Ms. Mayhew, who went to her for a “butt enhancement procedure” in May 2015, Mr. Ryan said in a statement on his official website.

Ryan said the victim “went into cardiac arrest during botched silicone injections” and the accused “allegedly left [the] dying woman in [a] Far Rockaway (New York) basement and fled the country”.

The medical examiner said the defendant “who is not a doctor” had set up a “temporary medical practice” and purchased silicone gel from eBay.

Ryan determined the victim died from systemic silicone emboli caused when unencapsulated silicone entered the bloodstream and caused an embolism.