TV star's attack nightmare
A TV presenter has told how she spent £10,000 on reconstructive surgery after a mugger hit her in the face with a table leg embedded with a rusty nail.
Rani Khanijau, 30, who hosts the CBBC breakfast show, was attacked near TV Centre in White City. The nail shattered her cheek.
She said: 'The next thing I knew I was getting off the floor and my phone was gone. I could see blood all over my jeans. I realised I had been hurt badly.'
After emergency surgery, doctors told Khanijau her face would be left with a 'dint' and she feared she would never be able to work in TV again.
But surgeons at a private clinic put her bones back in place, held together with a titanium plate.
She and her doctor fiancè, Gary Price, have postponed their wedding until they can save the money again. But with make-up covering her scars, she has returned to work.
Khanijau's attacker was jailed for four and a half years. She said: 'I don't feel anger. This has taught me to live each day to the full.'
