A DAD “attacked a toddler with acid in Home Bargains to win back custody from his unfit wife”, a court has heard.
The father is alleged to have plotted with six others because he wanted to “manufacture” evidence against his wife to show she was “unable properly to care for them”.
The youngster, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, suffered serious burns to his face and arm at the homewares retailer in Worcester on July 21, last year.
His 40-year-old father is charged with conspiring to unlawfully or maliciously cast or throw sulphuric acid on or at the boy between June 1 and July 22, with intent to burn, maim, disfigure, or disable the minor, or do some grievous bodily harm to him.
Facing the same charge are his co-accused, who are: Adam Cech, 27, of Farnham Road, and Jan Dudi, 25, of Cranbrook Road, both Birmingham; Norbert Pulko, 22, of Sutherland Road, London; Martina Badiova, 22, of Newcombe Road, Handsworth, Birmingham; Saied Hussini, 41, of Wrottesley Road, London; and Jabar Paktia, 41, of Newhampton Road, Wolverhampton.
They all deny the allegation.
Jonathan Rees QC, prosecuting, told Worcester Crown Court on Tuesday: “This case concerns a cowardly attack on a defenceless three-year-old boy in which he was squirted with a solution of sulphuric acid.
“As a result of the attack, the little boy suffered acid burns to his left forearm and his forehead which were treated in hospital.
“Thankfully, due to the quick actions of a member of staff, the seriousness of the injuries was limited and, although it is too early to say whether or not there will be any residual marking, the victim had made a good recovery.”
The court heard that at the time of the alleged attack the boy was shopping with his mother and siblings and Mr Rees alleged the attack was carried out by Cech.
“It was over almost in the blink of the eye and may have gone undetected were it not for the fact it was captured on the shop’s internal CCTV system,” he said.
“At the time he carried out the attack, Cech was accompanied by two other defendants in the store, namely the third and fourth defendants, Jan Dudi and Norbert Pulko.”
Mr Rees said the Crown’s case was that the alleged attack was not the first time that the young boy had been targeted, with an incident taking place on July 13 and involving Pulko, Hussini and Badiova.
He told the jury: “The prosecution allege that the driving force behind these events was, in fact, the father of the child.
“In April 2016, his wife had left him taking their three children with her and in due course, she issued divorced proceedings.
“The prosecution say that it will become apparent the first defendant took the separation badly.
“By the time of the attack he had been granted fortnightly supervised contact with his children. However, he was seeking greater access and was pursuing a court application to this effect.
“This application was being opposed by his wife. We say the evidence suggests that in an effort to ensure his application was successful he was willing to manufacture evidence of injuries to his children in an attempt to show that his wife was unable properly to care for them, in other words she was an unfit mother.
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“Although the prosecution are not required to prove motive against any of the defendants, we suggest that his desire to show his wife in a bad light may have provided at least some of the motivation for him organising this attack on his son.
“It would enable him to say to the court that the child had sustained nasty injuries while he was in the care of his mother.
“Whilst we say the attack had its roots in his unhappy domestic situation, we allege that he enlisted others to help him carry out his plan.”
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