Man who sprayed acid at two strangers outside pub convicted for common assault
Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A 23-year-old labourer has been convicted of a roadside "acid" attack after squirting a bottle of cleaning solution at two men drinking outside a pub. His male victims described him getting out the car, "brandishing" a plastic "squeezy bottle", and shouting, "I've got acid" before spraying it at the men. Opening the case on Tuesday, prosecutor Mukhtar Ubhi, said: "It was about 8pm on July 18, when the two injured parties, Robert Robinson and David Hobson were outside The Chalice pub." Delivery riders join acid attack protest in Parliament Square He added: "He'd shouted 'acid' and I thought if it had been, I'd have been in trouble - it had a smell like ammonia."
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