Acid solution

Cowardly acid attacks are becoming epidemic, leaving people with life-changing injuries which need specialist treatment. It is easy to buy corrosive liquids.

In Glasgow in the Fifties gang members carried an open razor and the injury inflicted was called a “Glasgow Smile”. In 1952 leading judge Lord Carmont rocked these gangs by handing out long sentences for knife and razor crimes, saying the public was entitled to protection from the anti-social activities of the lawless. Anyone found in possession of an open cutthroat razor was sent to prison for ten years. There was no reduction for “good behaviour”. Overnight, razor-slashing ceased. Time to take back the streets and for the judiciary in the UK to give acid throwers and criminals the Lord Carmont treatment.

CLARK CROSS

Springfield Road Linlithgow