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Homeless woman responds to friend's act of kindness by leaving her with painful chemical burns

theblaze.com · 3h · first reportShare

An Alabama woman put a liquid chemical into a microwave and heated it up before splashing it onto her longtime friend and causing significant chemical burns. Quicheay Williams was convicted of first-degree assault by a jury in Mobile, Alabama, on Wednesday over the Feb. 25 attack. She underwent several skin grafts, lost her left eardrum, lost her hearing in that ear, and has limited eyesight from her left eye. Jasmine Clausell had invited Williams to live with her at her home after finding her friend was homeless on Feb. 11. Two weeks later, Clausell asked Williams to move out, which angered her, according to prosecutors. Mobile police said in the ensuing argument, Williams splashed the chemical liquid, which was described as similar to Draino drain cleaner, onto Clausell. Then Williams pulled a gun on her as well. Clausell's grandfather testified in court that he saw the two tussling before hearing his granddaughter yelling that something had been tossed onto her. The victim spent two