<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A woman has been charged nearly a month after an alleged assault that left a </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/melbourne" rel="" target="_blank" title="Melbourne"><span>Melbourne</span></a><span> waitress </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/melbourne-cafe-waitress-injured-by-passing-woman/65df8600-b468-4f01-8ca6-f4f1d731ce93" rel="" target="" title="needing emergency dental surgery."><span>needing emergency dental surgery.</span></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>French backpacker Anais Poupon, 19, was working at La Vallee Cafe on Keilor Road in Essendon on April 25 when a passerby allegedly knocked a plate she was carrying, causing it to smash into her teeth.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The alleged unprovoked attack was caught on CCTV and Poupon's colleagues posted the footage to social media in a bid to track down the alleged offender.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/liddell-power-station-chimney-stack-demolished/4acfe7bf-a89b-4f0c-b789-a05962b38eb8" rel="" target="_blank" title="Famous chimney stacks reduced to rubble in massive blast"><strong><span>Famous chimney stacks reduced to rubble in massive blast</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/power-bills-to-drop-for-multiple-states/051ae1d7-95e3-41f1-b660-6e907a7f4d18" target="_blank"><strong><span>Hundreds of dollars in power bill relief coming for millions</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A 52-year-old Footscray woman was arrested at Dandenong Railway Station about 10.50am on May 23.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She was charged with recklessly causing injury and faced Melbourne Magistrates' court the next day.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/melbourne-news-woman-arrested-after-cafe-worker-injured-in-alleged-assault/6beab42e-68a3-47d9-a453-d2a4ef5fd6ea" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The charged woman was granted bail and will next appear at Broadmeadows Magistrates' Court on 17 August, 2026.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Poupon required surgery to fix her chipped tooth following the incident.</span></div></div>