Joy Spence, a 21-year-old social work student from Flatrock, N.L., is among several women who told CBC News their pain and ...

In her victim impact statement, the woman spoke of having flashbacks, nightmares, depression and anxiety as a result of the attack. During the sentencing hearing it emerged that Spence has 43 ...

saying she's been left psychologically scarred after being told several times that her gangrenous appendix was simply anxiety or constipation. Joy Spence, 21, said she visited emergency ...