In June 2017, Resham Khan was in a car traveling through East London, preparing to celebrate her 21st birthday.
Suddenly, a man approached her car as she waited at a traffic light and threw acid on her through the open window. Her cousin, Jameel Mukhtar, also had acid thrown at him.
Witnesses described disturbing scenes as clothes melted off the victims, with the acid strong enough to burn through the seats and dashboard of the car.
A member of the public took both victims to hospital in his car, but by the time they received treatment, they had suffered life-changing injuries and needed significant surgery and skin grafts.
Jameel’s injuries were so severe he had to be placed in an induced coma. He suffered permanent scarring to his head, neck and body and has lost hearing in one of his ears.
The man behind the random crime, John Tomlin, was sentenced to 16 years' imprisonment for each offence, to run concurrently.
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