nightclub in east london. arthur collins, who's twenty—five, squirted the liquid into a group on the dance—floor at the mangle nightclub in april last year. he was convicted last month of five counts of grievous bodily harm and nine of assault. 0ur correspondent tom burridge has the details. acid hurled across a crowded dance floor. look closer on the cctv and you can see arthur collins' arm throwing the liquid a second and a third time. young people, like lauren trent, suffered severe burns and scars for life. i think that night ijust remembered the sheer panic. the fear, the pain, more importantly, the pain. the smell, the smell of the chemicals and your skin blistering, and there's absolutely nothing you can do about it. earlier that evening, collins argued with two of his victims, but the judge said his indiscriminate attack, which affected so many young people, was unprovoked.