THE three who took part in a plot to beat, stab and douse a victim with acid have been jailed for a total of 52 years.

Mohammed Vakas, 26, of Hatherley Road, Walthamstow, who was convicted of conspiracy to murder was jailed at the Old Bailey today for 30 years.

Mohammed Adeel, 20, a law student of Pearl Road, Walthamstow, was jailed for 14 years for his involvement in the plot, conspiring to cause GBH.

A 17-year-old also convicted of conspiracy to cause GBH was jailed for eight years.

He can be named for the first time, as Fabion Kuci, Abbey Road, Kilburn, after the Common Serjeant of London, Judge Brian Barker lifted a ban on naming him.

Sentencing, Judge Barker said: "The facts of this case are horrifying. This was a merciless and heartless plan to punish and kill Awais Akram in a cruel and sadistic way.

"The reason can be deduced as being in retaliation for the relationship Mr Akram was having with Sadia Khatoon, which was deemed to bring dishonour to her and both families.

"He didn't die, but his suffering then and since is impossible to imagine."

Judge Barker said each of the three played an active part in the plot.

He said: “Most of us have never seen anything like that before and we must hope we don't see anything like that again.

“His mother says his life and future have been ruined and the life of close family destroyed. He is deeply psychologically affected and is afraid to go out.

“His skin is damaged from his head to his knees. He needed many operations for his eyes and ears. He has to wear a mask for his face and arms. He cannot walk properly.”

“Plots and actions such as this have no place in society. This was a drawn-out operation and each of you were close by when the attack was struck. You knew there would be no mercy and now you have to take responsibility for this.”

Judge Barker said Vakas' defence that he was a “model citizen” was only one side of the story. He said comments made during covert recording by police showed he had “no remorse” for the attack.

Judge Barker told Vakas: “It is clear you knew acid was a weapon and you knew it would be a prolonged and painful death.”

The judge said Adeel lied to police, by his own admission, and claimed to have no knowledge of acid or a knife being used, but was “bound to have known the attack would involve weapons” and that “serious harm” would be inflicted.

Kuci, who has two previous convictions for intent to rob and battery, was told by Judge Barker that consideration was taken of his young age and him not being in the central ring of the group in sentencing him.

The judge said Sadia Khatoon and Shakeel Abasasi, who fled to Pakistan following the attack, were “central” to the plot and also should have been in the dock.

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