Father convicted of organising acid attack on his own son to 'show his mother in a negative light'
The father of a young boy who orchestrated an acid attack against his son in a bid to show his mother in a bad light has been has been convicted of the offence.
A jury at Worcester Crown Court found the the 40-year-old man, who cannot be named to protect his son’s identity, guilty of conspiring to spray sulphuric acid on the boy between June 1 and July 22 2018 with intent to harm after deliberating for nine hours.
He stood trial alongside a woman and five other men – the men were also convicted.
The incident took place in a Home Bargains store in the city as the boy and his mother shopped for a birthday present.
Jurors convicted Adam Cech, 27, of Farnham Road, Birmingham, Jan Dudi, 25, of Cranbrook Road, Birmingham, and Norbert Pulko, 22, of Sutherland Road, London, Jabar Paktia, 42, of New Hampton Road, Wolverhampton; and 43-year-old Saied Hussini, of Wrottesley Road, London of the offence.
The jury is still deliberating over Martina Badiova, 23, of Newcombe Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, who denied the charge.
Prosecutor Jonathan Rees QC previously told the trial the dad was the “driving force” behind the attack, which took place in at 2pm at the Shrub Hill Retail Park in Worcester.
He told the court the defendant had taken the separation from his wife “badly” and plotted the attack for “humiliating” him in front of his Muslim family.
“At the time of the attack, the little boy was with his mother and his older brother and sister. The family had been shopping for a birthday present.
“As a result of the attack, the little boy suffered acid burns to his left forearm and his forehead which were treated in hospital.”
Mr Rees said Cech carried out the attack and was accompanied by Dudi and Pulko.
He told the court the couple had separated in April 2016 and his wife started divorce proceedings, by the time of the attack in July he the man had been granted fortnightly access.
The couple had entered into an arranged marriage in 2007 before she broke up with him in 2012 and things “came to a head” in 2016.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J22SLnlptFkAfter begging her to come home, the dad then accused her of “humiliating him” and threatened to have her and the children killed in a Muslim country, the jury heard.
The court heard the dad even hired a private detective to spy on his wife and children and track her movements prior to the attack.
The court was also told how the gang had planned to target the boy outside his primary school a week before the incident but backed out at the last minute.
They also ran a series of “reconnaissance missions” before carrying out the acid attack.
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