A jealous pensioner who organised a revenge acid attack on his teenage ex-girlfriend has been jailed for 18 years.
Mohammed Rafiq, 80, hatched a plan to blame an innocent man before organising the pre-planned assault on Vikki Horsman, which also involved a newly released prisoner and another offender.
Rafiq, of Cheshire Road, Smethwick, West Midlands, and co-defendants Steven Holmes and Shannon Heaps, were found guilty last week of causing grievous bodily harm with intent.
Judge Nicholas Webb described the attack in Tividale, West Midlands, as a "wicked" act with grave consequences.
Holmes, 25, of Allan Close, Smethwick, was jailed for 14 years after Wolverhampton Crown Court heard how he was paid just £50 to throw acid into Miss Horsman's face.
Heaps, 23, of Queens Avenue, Tividale, was given a 12-year custodial sentence for his role in pointing out the property where the doorstep attack took place.
Rafiq showed no sign of emotion in the dock as Judge Webb described him as being old enough to be his victim's great-grandfather.
Miss Horsman, who was 19 at the time of the attack, was in court as the men were sentenced.
The care worker, who is now 20, was sprayed with a corrosive liquid after answering the door to Holmes on 15 April this year, and later spent five days in intensive care after suffering burns to her face, neck and body.
Ms Horsman was left badly scarred and was lucky not to be blinded.
Passing sentence, Judge Nicholas Webb told Rafiq, Heaps and Holmes: "Acid attacks are not uncommon in certain parts of the world.
"Thankfully, they are rare in England. Quite often they are to punish a woman who has refused to bow to the demands of a spouse.
"In such cases it is done to leave a permanent reminder of what happens when a woman rejects attempts to control her."
Speaking after the pensioner was jailed, Detective Constable Jason Moseley, of West Midlands Police, said: "This was a horrifying and complex case which centred around a controlling relationship.
"Rafiq's young ex-partner was seriously injured and left with devastating, lasting scars, which one can only presume was his intent, given the nature of the planned attack.
"He recruited two people to carry out the attack on his behalf and then tried to claim that he was also a victim.
"His victim now has to rebuild her life and move on from what was ultimately a controlling, abusive relationship that she paid a high price to leave."
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