‘Black Madam’ could take stand over buttocks-enhancement death

A Gothic hip-hop artist known as the “Black Madam” could testify Thursday in her murder trial over an underground cosmetic-surgery death.

Victoria Padge Windslowe is accused of injecting industrial-grade silicone into a 20-year-old London dancer seeking to enlarge her buttocks.

Doctors during her murder trial say the 2011 injection struck a vein and caused the silicone to move to the victim’s heart and lungs.

A friend says that Claudia Aderotimi was a student and competitive break dancer who wanted to look better and boost her “self-esteem.”

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Theresa Gyamfi’s testimony from a 2012 preliminary hearing was read to jurors Thursday because she did not return from London for the trial.

Authorities say the 45-year-old Windslowe injected clients at airport hotels and “pumping parties.”Several have testified that they were injured.

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