Mother-of-two, 44, is ‘left unrecognisable’ after attacker throws flammable liquid on her and units her alight on her doorstep

A mother-of-two has been ‘left unrecognisable’ after an attacker threw flammable liquid on her and set her alight on her doorstep. 

Alexis Lee Campion was at her home in Oak Downs, Clondalkin, West Dublin, when she answered her front door, where she was dosed in accelerant and ignited. 

The 44-year-old was left with near third degree burns across most of her body, and has spent the last two weeks in critical condition in Tallaght Hospital, where she remains in an induced coma. 

The attackers are thought to be connected to a local drugs gang, and it is believed that Ms Campion’s partner was the primary target. 

According to the local reports, the attackers also attempted to soak her partner with the accelerant, but he ducked and avoided most of it. 

He used his hands to try and put out the ensuing blaze in a bid to save his partner’s life, injuring himself in the process. 

Local reports added that the gardai were notified about a group of men arriving at the property the previous afternoon with knives. No formal complaint was lodged at the time. 

Ms Campion’s devastated family, who have asked to remain anonymous, told the Irish Mirror the attack has left her face ‘unrecognisable’, and that she will have to undergo skin grafts in future. 

At present, it is uncertain as to whether Ms Campion will regain her sight or mobility.  

‘She was such a beautiful looking girl and her whole life now is just in tatters,’ a relative told the publication. 

‘Her face is bad and she’s just unrecognisable at the moment. A lot of damage has been done to her.

‘At the moment she’s still critical so we just have to hope for the best that she will pull through.’

Another family member added that they could not ‘understand how anyone could hurt such a young girl’.

‘I’m just thinking about the whole attack on her and how vicious it was,’ they added.