Four months after a woman was doused in accelerant and set alight in an inner Sydney laneway, a 17-year-old boy has been charged.
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Somi Kim, 33, was walking in Chippen Lane, Chippendale, on the night of March 22 when she was attacked, police said.
Ms Kim, a Korean national who is in Australia on a study visa, was taken into the Golden Flower brothel, where employees put out the flames.
At the time police said Ms Kim suffered burns to 45 per cent of her body, including her face.
She was taken to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in a critical condition.
Police said she has since been discharged, but needs daily treatment at hospital.
A 17-year-old boy went to Redfern police station yesterday with his solicitor and was charged with cause wounding, grevious bodily harm to person with intent to murder.
The Cartwright teenager, who cannot be named, appeared in Bidura Children's Court today and was granted bail by Magistrate Shane McAnulty.
He will return to court on September 11.
Police have also arrested a 40-year-old Quakers Hill man at Coffs Harbour, on the north coast.
He is expected to face charges.
Strike Force Musca was set up to investigate the incident and investigators made several public appeals for information in recent months.
