POLICE have been given extra time to question a woman arrested on suspicion of throwing boiling water over her boyfriend.
The victim, who is in his 60s, is alleged to have been attacked at a bedsit in York Road, Southend.
He was in a critical but stable condition at Broomfield Hospital on Friday afternoon.
It comes after police were called to the bed-sit at about 10.30am on Thursday.
They arrested a 32-year-old woman, and have now extended the time they can question her until 9.30pm tonight.
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