Alicia King believes the 12-year prison sentence handed down to her ex-boyfriend Antwone Grey for setting her ablaze just over two years ago is not enough, given the pain she endured undergoing more than 30 surgeries.

At the same time, she expressed gratitude for the justice system, the police, and her legal team, noting that many victims never see their cases get to this stage.

“To be honest, him get what him deserve still, but when I heard I did want more go on it,” King told the Jamaica Observer on Friday hours after Grey’s sentence became public.

“Me did think say all like 30 years or so, based on what I went go through. I think about that, but when I hear the 12 I say I can’t stop the plan of God,” she said.

“I did like 32 surgeries already, and I have about six or seven more to do. It a go equivalent to about 40 when me finish; so, to me, it might sound a way [but] the amount a surgery weh me do, a the amount a years him fi get,” King told the Observer.

“Right now I have a life-threatening surgery to do next month on my neck. My neck connected to my chest plate, so them have to cut out that deep and wide. All a what me go through make me feel like him shoulda get more,” she insisted.

King suffered severe burns to her body after Grey, otherwise known as Bad Fowl, doused her with a flammable liquid and set her ablaze while she was at her St Catherine home on August 24, 2023.

Grey was charged with arson, attempted murder, and assault occasioning grievous bodily harm.

Despite her disappointment with the length of the prison term handed down to him, King said: “Regardless, I have to big up the law same way, because a lot of people no get justice for things that have happened to them, so I have to big up God, big up the law, big up the judge, and everybody — the officers, everybody that worked to graft everything together and get stuff done. Those who were fighting for my rights, that’s what gets me elated to see how my country stood up for me regardless of what happened,” King said.

The 20-year-old said she is now trying to focus on living the best possible life, although she remains concerned about her safety when he is eventually released.

“Him get him 12 years, you know him a go come back a road. The only thing I have to think about [is] what to expect when him come back a road. I will just have to think about having the best 12 years of my life, because I don’t know what to expect when he is out. What if he wants to finish me off whenever he is out? Those are the things that are going through my head since I heard today,” King shared.

Meanwhile, her stepmother Julia Mendez said she believed justice was served and expressed relief that the legal process had concluded.

“God is on the job, so him get what him deserve. I was rejoicing in the Lord today,” Mendez said. “I think justice was served. I couldn’t say he could get more. We get justice. ‘Ali’ feel a little way, but we cannot do nothing but trust God. We just have to work with the process,” she added.

Mendez said King can now move on with her life, given that the legal battle is behind her.