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Amelia Shaw & Kate Lally

Mum heard daughter's screams as her skin 'melted in minutes'

A mum heard her daughter "screaming in agony" after her skin "melted within minutes" of being in the sun despite having covered her in factor 50 sun cream.

Jasmine Williams, from North Wales, said she used NIVEA Sun Protect and Moisture on her seven-year-old daughter on Monday afternoon. Her child had gone out to play in their garden with her brother, but within minutes Jasmine heard her shouting "my back is on fire".

Jasmine, 27, said her daughter's skin "looked like she'd had boiling water from a kettle poured on her".

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