Two teenagers have been jailed for their part in a “terrifying attack” that saw a teenager stabbed and sprayed with ammonia inside a house.

Newham Recorder: Charles Asonye. Picture: CPSCharles Asonye. Picture: CPS (Image: CPS)

Two teenagers have been jailed for their part in a “terrifying attack” that saw a teenager stabbed and sprayed with ammonia inside a house.

Charles Asonye, 18, of Brentwood, and Omar Windross, 19, of Newham were part of a group of at least nine people who broke into a house in North Woolwich on April 12, 2017.

Some of the group kicked in the door as the victim tried to hide, with Windross squirting a bottle of ammonia into their 16-year-old victim’s face before stabbing him.

Asonye and a 15-year-old, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, also stabbed him.

All three defendants had previously pleaded guilty to aggravated burglary and were sentenced today at Snaresbrook Crown Court.

Windross was jailed for nine years, Asonye for seven and a half and the 15 year old was handed a 36 month supervision order.

Helen Draycott, deputy chief crown prosecutor for London North, said: “This was a terrifying attack and these three defendants were identified by a witness as being the people who caused the serious injuries.

“They were charged with aggravated burglary - a serious offence which can carry up to a life sentence.

“A corrosive substance was thrown at this victim and although the overall numbers of these acid-type offences are low we hope the list of recent convictions and significant sentences in London will give the public confidence that these crimes are being tackled.”