Ferne McCann says she will bring up child alone after ex Arthur Collins is convicted of acid attack

: Arthur Collins, left, was convicted this week over an acid attack in a London nightclub.
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Patrick Grafton-Green16 November 2017
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Reality TV star Ferne McCann has said she will raise her baby alone after her ex-boyfriend was found guilty of carrying out an acid attack in a London nightclub.

Arthur Collins, 25, is the father of Ms McCann’s first child Sunday, who was born on November 2.

He was convicted at Wood Green Crown Court on Monday of five counts of GBH and nine counts of assault causing actual bodily harm after the incident at Mangle E8 in Dalston, east London in April.

In a statement released on Thursday, Ms McCann said her thoughts were with “innocent people caught up in the events”.

It said: “"Ferne's thoughts are of course with the innocent people caught up in the events at Mangle last April.

“No one should ever be faced with violence on a night out.

Guilty: Arthur Collins
Metropolitan Police

"Having given birth days ago, Ferne is focussing on being the best mother she can be.

“She long ago accepted that she would be doing this alone and is determined to provide the best possible future for her daughter."

Collins admitted throwing the bottle of fluid over clubbers but said he did not know it was acid.

He said he thought the liquid was a date rape drug, which he had snatched from two men after overhearing them planning to spike a girl's drink.

Collins on CCTV on the night of the attack 
Met Police

Victims described a burning smell and their skin "blistering straight away" before everyone started "screaming, shouting, running".

Two people were left people partially blind and others were disfigured in the horrific acid attack.

Arthur Collins with ex-girlfriend Ferne McCann

The substance was later found to have a rating of pH1 - indicating a strong acid.

Collins will be sentenced on December 19.

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