Acid attack suspect hands himself in after CCTV footage released
John Tomlin handed himself in an east London police station on Sunday [Image: Metropolitan Police].
This Writer is looking forward to hearing evidence regarding this attack, and the mentality of people who would do such a thing.
The chief suspect in an alleged acid attack on two cousins in east London has handed himself in to police.
John Tomlin, 24, has been arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm with intent after Jameel Mukhtar and Resham Khan were attacked while waiting at traffic lights in Beckton on 21 June.
Tomlin entered an east London police station on Sunday and remains in custody, Scotland Yard confirmed.
Both victims suffered life-changing injuries to the face and body and Mukhtar was initially placed in an induced coma.
The arrest comes after the Metropolitan police released fresh CCTV images of Tomlin on Friday as part of an appeal into his whereabouts. Police had initially ruled out a religious or racial motive for the crime, but reclassified the attack as a hate crime when new evidence came to light at the end of June.
Source: Beckton acid attack suspect in custody after handing himself in | UK news | The Guardian
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A nasty piece of work, if ever there was one.
Reclassified as a hate crime?? Confused by this description. Do they not have additional motivations for the hate ie racial or is this a catch all crime statisticnow for political correctness.. Doubtless the Courts will draw out the true motivation for the terrible unjustified mode of attack. Agree your previous thoughts that all caustic solutions should be totally banned, or very tightly controlled, to prevent being a weapon of choice.