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| A woman is to be charged in connection with an acid attack on a shop worker that left her with horrific injuries, the Crown Prosecution Service has announced. | A woman is to be charged in connection with an acid attack on a shop worker that left her with horrific injuries, the Crown Prosecution Service has announced. |
| Naomi Oni, 21, suffered burns and lost her hair and eyelashes after the chemical was thrown at her in Dagenham, east London, on 30 December. | Naomi Oni, 21, suffered burns and lost her hair and eyelashes after the chemical was thrown at her in Dagenham, east London, on 30 December. |
| On Tuesday the CPS announced it had authorised Scotland Yard to charge Mary Konye in relation to the attack. | On Tuesday the CPS announced it had authorised Scotland Yard to charge Mary Konye in relation to the attack. |
| The senior crown prosecutor, Damaris Lakin, said: "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." | The senior crown prosecutor, Damaris Lakin, said: "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." |
| Konye will appear before Barkingside magistrates court in Ilford, Essex, on Wednesday. | Konye will appear before Barkingside magistrates court in Ilford, Essex, on Wednesday. |
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