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Prisoner faces court over attack on killer
AAP
A prisoner accused of pouring boiling water over convicted murderer Trudi Lenon, sending her to hospital with serious burns, has appeared briefly in a Perth court.
A 47-year-old woman standing nearby also suffered minor burns in the New Year's Day attack at Bandyup Women's Prison.
Nyiltjiri Naalina Forrest, 35, appeared in Midland Magistrates Court on Friday charged with endangering the life, health or safety of a person and an act or omission causing bodily harm. She will be back in court on March 2.
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