A dad who was blinded in one eye by an acid attacker has called it a ‘disgrace’ that the convict is rapping about his crimes on TikTok.
Paul Laskey, 43, was squirted in the face with what was believed to be battery acid after his 16-year-old son was mugged at knifepoint.
Robbie Scott, 22, was jailed for the attack but has begun posting music videos from behind bars glorifying violence.
The TikTok clips are posted under ‘HMP hardest rapper Robdog’ and are geographically tagged to ‘HMP Manchester (Strangeways)’.
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In one soundbite, Scott raps: ‘I used to roll on the streets with a kitchen knife, would not think twice about dipping guys.’
In video he can be seen chanting: ‘Robdog jailhouse settings, you know how we do, Geordie boys on coke, oh yes.’
Scott violent attack unfolded after he used a zombie knife to steal an £1,000 gold chain from Laskey’s son in Newcastle on February 5 2023.
The dad went to apprehend Scott when he was squirted in the face with a corrosive acid, causing his left eye to ‘melt’ away.
Reacting to the rap videos, Laskey told Metro: ‘It’s a disgrace he is able to brag about things he does and has no remorse whatsoever.’
The plumber and heating engineer previously recalled how the acid burned his face and destroyed his vision in one eye.
He said: ‘I couldn’t see and couldn’t breathe. It took my breathe away with how strong it was. I felt burning on my face.
‘It was horrendous. I was off work for the first six months. It was all that was on my mind. It was just awful.’
Scott was sent to prison for eight years and six months in May last year after admitting GBH with intent, robbery, having a knife and a corrosive substance in public and resisting arrest.
However his sentence was raised to 11 years after it was judged to be unduly lenient.
Asked about what Scott’s rap videos said about the criminal, Laskey said: ‘It just shows the sort of person he is, and when his sentence is over he will probably do it again.’
Ministry of Justice has reportedly asked TikTok to take down the videos, according to the Sun.
The Prison Service said: ‘Any offender caught using a phone or social media in prison will face punishment, including extra time behind bars.’
Metro previously reported how Laskey’s eye was saved by a donated placenta.
Over the course of a year he received two cornea transplants from donated eyes, as well as ‘essential’ treatment from a donated placenta.
Doctor’s used an amnion graft, from the placenta, to help heal surface damage and cover nerve endings.
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