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Daily Mirror
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Lynn Love & Susie Beever

Nando's waitress whose skin melted off in chemical accident at work wins compensation

A Nando's waitress whose skin melted off in a horror accident while she was emptying a bottle of cleaning detergent has won a payout after suing the chain.

Mairi Espie needed hospital treatment and has been permanently scarred by the burn while cleaning at the peri-peri chicken chain's branch in Dundee in December 2019.

The corrosive detergent burned through the 21-year-old's jeans, melting the skin on her left thigh, as she decanted it during her shift.

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