An 18-year-old woman re­mains hos­pi­talised with burns af­ter she was doused with hot wa­ter on Sun­day.

Faith Roberts was at her home in Glen­roy Set­tle­ment, Princes Town, around 4 pm when she had an ar­gu­ment with a fe­male rel­a­tive.

The rel­a­tive, who lives in the area, left and re­turned about five min­utes lat­er with a bowl of hot wa­ter.

She then re­port­ed­ly threw the hot wa­ter on Roberts and ran off.

Roberts was treat­ed at the Princes Town Hos­pi­tal and then trans­ferred to the San Fer­nan­do Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal where she re­mains in a sta­ble con­di­tion.

When Guardian Me­dia vis­it­ed her home yes­ter­day, her par­ents said they were not around when the in­ci­dent took place and did not want to com­ment fur­ther on the mat­ter.

In­ves­ti­ga­tions are con­tin­u­ing.