In the UK acid attacks have been rising each year.
In 2014 there were 166 attacks and in 2015 there were 261 attacks. Urban street gangs have adopted throwing acid, some say because the punishment for carrying acid is less severe than for carrying other weapons
.In the Mangle E8 Nightclub recently a man named Arthur Collins threw acid at lots of people, injuring several seriously. He has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.
He received a further eight-month sentence because he smuggled his phone into prison in a crutch and then called his girlfriend from his cell.