Arthur Collins, Fener McCann’s ex, is serving a 20-year sentence for throwing acid into a London nightclub, causing three people to become temporarily blind and three to become blind.
Ferne McCann’s ex, Arthur Collins, has been caught getting a suspected steroid injection in jail, according to reports. The 32-year-old, who shares daughter Sunday, six, with TOWIE star, Ferne, 34, is serving a 20-year sentence for hurling acid inside a London nightclub – leaving 16 people with chemical burns and three temporarily blinded.
This week, the Mirror reported that Collins has been moved to a tougher jail after being probed over fears he was plotting to smuggle drugs into Cat C HMP The Mount using drones. In a video published yesterday – reportedly taken from The Mount on a phone smuggled into his cell – the dad-of-one can be seen with his top off, wearing a pair of tracksuit bottoms and appears to receive a jab in his buttock from another prisoner.
What are you doing, bruv, in the The Sun clip? Collins is asked. by another person before saying “Injecting” in response. As his pal jokes, “You think you’re big or what?” Collins appears to be laughing as he laughs.
After the body-building drug and a phone used to record video in his cell, Collins could face disciplinary action.
The former scaffolder was recently switched from The Mount Prison — where the footage was taken — amid fears he was plotting to import drugs using drones.
According to a source, Collins has been in trouble constantly and doesn’t seem to care. He behaves as though he controls the roost and likes the big “I am.”
Prison chiefs launched an investigation over suspicions that dealers were flooding the Mount with drugs using drones. Concerns were raised that Collins had masterminded the plot in the Herts prison. No police investigation was carried out, but the Mirror revealed that Fern’s ex has been moved to a tougher jail.
Collins has been the subject of a significant internal prison investigation, according to a source. There was concern that drug dealers had allegedly pumped drugs into HMP The Mount using drones. The prospect of a drug tampering with tens of thousands of pounds entering the jail is a great concern.
Because the situation has been handled internally, the police have not been called in. Collins has since been moved to a much stricter prison.
During an Easter weekend night out in Dalston, East London, on April 17, 2017, Collins launched his acid attack on a crowded dance floor at the Mangle nightclub.
After hearing a group of men plotting to spike a woman’s drink, he claimed he had accidentally thrown the substance.
He allegedly threw away a container he thought was a date-rape drug after picking it up. However, a jury found him guilty of carrying out the acid attack that caused a furious evacuation and a significant emergency response.
He was found guilty of nine counts of actual bodily harm and five counts of grievous bodily harm with intent.
The HM Inspectorate of Prisons has received a request to comment on this story from The Mirror.
