WOODS, Mary

Age 5

Description
She was injured on 23 November 1977 in East London when she wore a T-shirt that had been impregnated with an acid-based skin irritant, causing a purple skin rash and inflammation of the eyes. The attack on the family took place during the inquest into the death in detention of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) leader, Steve Biko. Her father, Mr Donald Woods, the banned editor of the Daily Dispatch, received a parcel containing two small T-shirts for infants, bearing the image of Steve Biko and purporting to be gifts for the Woods children.