100 Women: Resham Khan pities man who threw acid on her

Resham Khan, who was left seriously injured after acid was thrown in her face, says she pities her attacker.

John Tomlin, of Colman Road, Canning Town, admitted last week to causing Resham and her cousin grievous bodily harm.

"The violence, in a split second, destroyed my life," Resham tells BBC 100 Women. "There's nothing to say to someone that ruined everything."

Resham is one of this year's BBC 100 Women. She has been campaigning for changes to the laws controlling the sale of corrosive substances.

Filmed by Efrem Gebreab, produced and edited by Reha Kansara and Georgina Pearce.

BBC 100 Women names 100 influential and inspirational women around the world every year. For our 2017 season we challenged them to tackle four of the biggest problems facing women today - the glass ceiling, female illiteracy, harassment in public spaces and sexism in sport. Find us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter and use #100Women

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