Quote:Acid attack on three-year-old boy: Three men arrested.

'Three men have been arrested after a three-year-old boy was seriously injured in a suspected
acid attack.

The boy was "deliberately attacked" at Home Bargains in Worcester at 14:15 BST on Saturday,
West Mercia Police said.

The men, aged 22, 25 and 26, were arrested in London on suspicion of conspiracy to commit
grievous bodily harm. The boy has been discharged from hospital after being treated for serious
burns to his arm and face.


The single image of the suspects shown on the BBC website.

The "long-term implications" of the boy's injuries are unknown, the force said.
Ch Supt Mark Travis said previously the motive for the attack is so far "unclear".

he three arrested men were detained at an address in Walthamstow, the Metropolitan Police said.

A 39-year-old man from Wolverhampton arrested on Sunday on suspicion of conspiracy to cause
grievous bodily harm remains in police custody.

The boy was in a pushchair with his family at Shrub Hill Retail Park, in Tallow Hill, when "acid or a
corrosive substance" was either "thrown at or sprayed towards him", police said.
Det Insp Tony Garner said: "We'd like to thank everyone who shared our appeal over the weekend
and contacted us with information; all of this is helping us to build up a better picture of this incident.

"We're continuing to urge anyone else with information to contact us."
Robin Walker, MP for Worcester, described the attack as "horrific".
"The shock will be universal. Anyone conducting such an attack on a small child is just appalling,"
he said...'


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Quote:Father in court over Worcester 'acid attack' on boy, 3.

'The father of a boy who was the victim of a suspected acid attack is among five men who have appeared in court.
The three-year-old suffered serious burns at the Home Bargains store in Worcester on Saturday.



A 39-year-old from Wolverhampton and four others appeared at Kidderminster Magistrates' Court charged with
conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm. They will next appear at Worcester Crown Court on 28 August.

The other men charged are Norbert Pulko, 22, from London, Jan Dudi, 25, and Adam Cech, 27, from Birmingham,
and Jabar Paktia, 41, from Wolverhampton. The father cannot be named for legal reasons.


Jan Dudi .                                              Adam Cech


Jabar Paktia                                      Norbert Pulko                                        

The alleged attack happened in the Tallow Hill area of the city at about 14:15 BST.
The child was treated at the scene by paramedics and taken to hospital for treatment to his face and an arm.
He was discharged on Sunday but the long-term implications of his injuries are not yet known...'

Quote:'Revealed: Afghan mother of acid attack boy, 3, 'was tracked down by her violent asylum seeker
husband after she appeared in newspaper without her veil' as police continue to quiz him...'

Quote:'....A sixth man has been charged in connection with a suspected acid attack on a three-year-old boy in Worcester.
Saied Hussini, from London, was arrested in the capital on Thursday and is charged with conspiracy to commit
grievous bodily harm.
Mr Hussini is due to appear at Kidderminster Magistrates' Court on Saturday...'

Quote:'...The boy's father is among the five men who appeared in court earlier this week...'

Quote:'F*** you bro' Teen jailed for 17 years for UK's first acid killing swears at judge.

A teenager has been jailed for manslaughter following the death of a nurse in the UK's first acid killing.



'Xeneral Webster, 19, has been locked up after he doused Joanne Rand, 47, with sulphuric acid while
he was threatening someone else. But the teen showed no remorse as he was locked up –instead he
shouted at the judge: "All of you will probably dead by the time I am out of here, f*** you bro".

Ms Rand, who worked as a dementia nurse, was sitting on a bench in Frogmoor, High Wycombe,
Buckinghamshire, when the teen attempted to steal a bike from another man.



The bottle containing the corrosive liquid was knocked out of his hand during the confrontation and
Ms Rand was covered in it. The mum-of-three, who had been visiting her daughter's grave when she
was splashed, ran screaming into a nearby branch of KFC for help, Reading Crown Court heard.

She died 11 days later from multi-organ failure after contracting septicaemia due to the acid burns.
Ms Rand's family is now calling for much harsher sentences for acid attackers.

Her daughter, Katie Pitwell, 18, said: "I think the buying of acid needs to be restricted, but also, if someone
is carrying it, there should be tougher sentences because most of the time they do intend to use it for harm."

Webster, who admitted manslaughter while on trial for murder, had himself been a victim of an acid attack
only months earlier, so knew how dangerous it is.
Miss Pitwell added: "He knew how much it could hurt someone and yet he used the stronger acid anyway
to hurt someone else.

"He went out with the intention of hurting someone and it's an innocent person that got hurt in this situation.
"People need to know that, if they're carrying that type of stuff, it's going to hurt someone or kill someone."

Miss Pitwell joined two of her mum's sisters, Lynn Ryan, 54, and Jacqueline Joiner, 61, to speak out about
the dangers of using acid as a weapon. They described Ms Rand as "very bubbly and fun" and "outgoing"
and said she "really cared about the residents she looked after".

Miss Pitwell said she did not realise how badly her mother had been injured at first.
"You never really think of that sort of thing happening to you, so it didn't really register how bad it was,"
she said. "Then, as it went on, we realised how bad it was."



Mrs Joiner continued: "I think it was a mixture of anger at first –how could somebody do this to Jo, our sister?
It was kind of upsetting for her what she was going through. The disbelief, shock.
"But we've kind of been sleepwalking through our lives for the past year, not thinking of it as real. "It's like a
nightmare and you just can't get your head around it –why it's happened and what happened to Jo." ...'