Father accused of plotting acid attack on three-year-old son

The attack took place outside the Home Bargains store at Shrub Hill retail park in Worcester.A husband plotted a “cowardly” acid attack on his three-year-old son in an attempt to manufacture evidence that his estranged wife was a bad mother, a court has heard.The 40-year-old taxi driver, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is accused of conspiring with six others to carry out the attack on his own child.