Man jailed for 16 years after hurling acid at aspiring model & cousin (VIDEO)

RT reports:

A man caught on CCTV hurling acid at an aspiring model and her cousin, leaving them with “dreadful and life-changing” injuries, has been sentenced to 16 years in jail.

Resham Khan had been out celebrating her 21st birthday with her cousin Jameel Muhktar, 37, when they were attacked in Beckton, east London. They were both left with severe burns and in need of skin grafts after the attack in June. Muhktar was so badly injured he had to be put into an induced coma.

John Tomlin, 25, from Colman Road, Canning Town, admitted intentionally causing the pair grievous bodily harm. He was sentenced at Snaresbrook Crown Court, where Khan said her birthday "turned into a day where my face was taken away from me.

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