A woman has been left with horrendous injuries after a stranger squirted acid into her face in an attack on her doorstep.

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Woman charged over acid attack

A 21-year-old woman will appear in court today charged with throwing acid over a shop worker, which left her with burns to her face and loss of hair and eyebrows.

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