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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Pat Hurst

Man jailed for more than eight years after throwing acid in teenager’s face

A man who seriously injured a teenager by throwing acid in his face has been jailed for more than eight years.

Gilson Martins, 23, of Ashton Street in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, planned the attack, producing the acid substance himself and demonstrating its effects by pouring it on paper.

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