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Naomi Oni acid attack: Woman charged | |
(35 minutes later) | |
A woman has been charged over an acid attack on a 21-year-old in east London. | A woman has been charged over an acid attack on a 21-year-old in east London. |
Naomi Oni had acid thrown in her face after getting off a bus in Lodge Avenue, Dagenham, in the early hours of 30 December. | Naomi Oni had acid thrown in her face after getting off a bus in Lodge Avenue, Dagenham, in the early hours of 30 December. |
She was on her way home from her job at a Victoria's Secret store in Westfield, Stratford, when she was attacked. | She was on her way home from her job at a Victoria's Secret store in Westfield, Stratford, when she was attacked. |
Mary Konye, 21, has been charged with throwing or casting a corrosive fluid with intent to burn, maim, disfigure, disable or do grievous bodily harm. | Mary Konye, 21, has been charged with throwing or casting a corrosive fluid with intent to burn, maim, disfigure, disable or do grievous bodily harm. |
Ms Konye, of Throckmorton Road, Canning Town, will appear before Redbridge Magistrates' Court on Wednesday. | |
Damaris Lakin, CPS London Senior Crown Prosecutor, said: "I have authorised the Metropolitan Police to charge Mary Konye in relation to the throwing of sulphuric acid on to Naomi Oni on 30 December 2012 in Dagenham. | Damaris Lakin, CPS London Senior Crown Prosecutor, said: "I have authorised the Metropolitan Police to charge Mary Konye in relation to the throwing of sulphuric acid on to Naomi Oni on 30 December 2012 in Dagenham. |
"I concluded that there is sufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction and that it is in the public interest to charge Ms Konye with throwing or casting a corrosive fluid with intent to burn, maim, disfigure, disable or do grievous bodily harm." | "I concluded that there is sufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction and that it is in the public interest to charge Ms Konye with throwing or casting a corrosive fluid with intent to burn, maim, disfigure, disable or do grievous bodily harm." |
Miss Oni suffered burns to her face and lost her hair and eyelashes. She had to undergo skin grafts. | Miss Oni suffered burns to her face and lost her hair and eyelashes. She had to undergo skin grafts. |
A 28-year-old man who was arrested in February in connection with the attack has been released with no further action. | A 28-year-old man who was arrested in February in connection with the attack has been released with no further action. |
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