Arthur Collins has been charged with possessing prohibited items while in prison after being found with a mobile phone and USB sticks hidden in a crutch
Acid attacker Arthur Collins has been charged with possession of prohibited items while he was on remand in prison.
A tiny mobile phone, charger, two sim cards and two USB sticks were allegedly concealed inside of the hollow shaft of a crutch that he had with him in prison.
He was using crutches after fracturing both of his heels trying to escape after squirting acid across the dance floor of an east London nightclub in April.
He was found with the items while on remand in Thameside jail.
The charge comes after Collins, 25, was jailed for 20 years after squirting acid on a packed nightclub floor.
The attack left 22 people injured and left with life long scars and he was sentenced to 20 years in prison for the atrocity.
Sixteen people suffered chemical burn injuries and three people were temporarily blinded – one of whom still suffers from blurred vision in one eye.
It is the heaviest sentence ever given to an acid attacker
Collins, the ex-boyfriend of TOWIE star Ferne McCann and father to her baby daughter Sunday, is due to appear before Bromley Magistrates Court on Wednesday.
Collins, the ex-boyfriend of TOWIE star Ferne McCann (pictured) was jailed for 20 years after injuring 22 people in an acid attack in an east London nightclub
If found guilty, he could be jailed for an additional two years.
The Metropolitan Police said: ‘A man has been charged with possession of a prohibited item in prison.
‘Arthur Collins, 25, of HMP Belmarsh was charged with the offence on Wednesday, 29 November.
‘The charge relates to an offence committed on Sunday, 10 September at HMP Thameside where Collins was on remand awaiting trial for an unrelated matter.
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