A mother is fighting for compensation five years after she was accidentally given industrial strength oven cleaner to drink instead of vinegar.
Amanda Merrifield, from the Gold Coast, suffered catastrophic internal injuries from the mistake, which happened at a restaurant in 2013, and it has left her in constant pain.
"Five years of absolute agony, pain and torture," Merrifield told Australian TV's A Current Affair.
"As soon as I drank it, my knees buckled and the pain went straight to my chest and I literally thought my heart was going to explode."
Merrifield says she was given the poison while eating dinner at The Point restaurant, by the restaurant owner who thought it was vinegar that would cure her hiccups.