A 21-year-old hair­dress­er is be­ing treat­ed for chem­i­cal burns af­ter she was at­tacked by two women who doused her with acid, af­ter ac­cus­ing her of so­cial­is­ing with men they knew.

Speak­ing with Guardian Me­dia yes­ter­day, Galia Noel, the aunt of Jessie James, con­firmed her niece was con­tact­ed by one of the women who asked for an ap­point­ment to style her hair in Bel­mont.

James was re­port­ed­ly met by a woman on Wednes­day, who iden­ti­fied her­self as a rel­a­tive of the per­son mak­ing the ap­point­ment, and tak­en to a track where she was con­front­ed.