Father jailed over acid attack plot against three-year-old son

An artist’s sketch of the man, who cannot be named, and his co-defendants at Worcester crown court. Photograph: Elizabeth Cook/PAA man has been jailed for 16 years for plotting a “monstrous” acid attack on his three-year-old son in an attempt to win custody by manufacturing evidence that his ex-wife had failed to care for their child. The boy sustained serious burns to his face and arm after sulphuric acid was sprayed at him in a shop as he and his mother looked for a birthday