Father Orchestrated Acid Attack On 2-Year-Old, Messaged 'Nailed It' To Friend Afterward

A three-year-old's father had messaged "nailed it" to his friend after his son was sprayed in the face with sulphuric acid durning an attack last year, a court heard this week. The incident took place in Worcesterm a city in Worcestershire, England.

Worcester Crown Court was told that the 40-year-old, who was not named for legal reasons, sent the GIF image to co-defendant Jabar Pakita, 41, after his son was injured on 21 July last year. Prosecutors said the father organized the attack on the boy after a bitter custody battle with his ex-wife.

The boy was shopping for a birthday present with his mother at a Home Bargains store in Worcester when 27-year-old Adam Cech threw the substance at the child, jurors were told during the trial. The boy was rushed to hospital as he screamed out in agony following the attack, which was branded as "cowardly."

After the incident the father sent a "sticker" image to a friend showing a blonde woman wearing an apron with the caption: "Nailed It."

The father is on trial alongside five men and a woman charged with conspiring to unlawfully or maliciously cast or throw sulphuric acid with intent to burn, maim, disfigure, or disable or cause grievous bodily harm, U.K.'s the Independant reported.

The accomplices of the father have been named as Jan Dudi, 25 and Martina Badiova, 22, all of Handsworth along with 22-year-old Norbert Pulko of Tottenham, North London and Saied Hussini, 41, of Harlsden, West London. All of those accused in the case have denied the allegations.

Prosecutor Jonathan Rees QC described messages sent by Pulko to another person, in which he admits "I done it all." He added "I'm stupid, I know I'm going for a minimum of 15 years. If I go I'm going to kill myself before they get me."

"The father had sent Paktia an image of a deer comforting a fox with it's head in it's hands and a follow up message of a woman with the caption 'nailed it' at 9.15 p.m. (4. 15 p.m. EST) Over a period of time, Cech, Dudi and Pulko's movements show them travelling from Birmingham in the morning. Other images recovered from Paktia's phone revealed meetings and the three defendants entering Home Bargains," Rees told the court.

"The route taken by the mother and the trio were all captured by CCTV. It also captures the three defendants following the mother and her children into Home Bargains just a minute apart. In the early hours of the following Sunday morning at around midnight to 1am there was contact between Badiova, Cech, Dudi, and Pulko. At 2.28 a.m. on the Sunday, July 22 the father was arrested."

The prosecutor added: "The interrogation of Pulko's mobile handset threw up some of the internet history which shows he accessed news websites regarding articles about the incident at Home Bargains. Badiova's handset was used to access google translate and translate articles relating to the incident in Home Bargains... Pulko had accessed a site called www.busbud.com which is transport between London and Bratislava. Pulko messages someone on Sunday, July 22: 'Mum's good? Just thinking about you and Mum'. The person replies 'Why did you do this?'"

The trial in the case continues.