Brawl Breaks Out Outside Pub: Dad Hit with 'Corrosive Substance' as Hooded Attacker Escapes Jail Time

THIS is the shocking moment a dad was drenched with a “corrosive substance” while fighting outside a pub.

Video footage from outside the shows the attacker, Alfie Russell, spraying Adam Ticker with a liquid substance which he says left him with burns to his face, eyes, mouth and throat.

Video footage of the fight shows the attacker throwing a liquid at TickerCredit: Crown Prosecution Service / SWNS Ticker says he was left with burns to his face from the “corrosive” substanceCredit: Crown Prosecution Service / SWNS Kent police tested the substance thrown at Ticker at the sceneCredit: Adam Tickner / SWNS

As Ticker approached the attackers – who first punched his friend – footage shows Russell spraying a liquid at his face.

Russel then backs away and begins wiping his face from the liquid which he says was a “corrosive substance”.

Russell was given a suspended sentence and avoided after pleading guilty to actual bodily harm – a lesser offence to grievous bodily harm which he was initially charged with.

In response to Russell’s sentencing, Ticker called the decision “absolutely ridiculous” and that “the whole thing had been a joke”.

The dad-of-two added: “I went out with my wife and a couple of our friends for a few .

“We went to Ye Arrow in Rochester, had a few drinks in the bar, and me and my mates went outside.

“We had a drink out there and some of my mates saw a group of they know.

“My mate was talking to them and this boy came round the back of them. He started saying things to them. The guy my friend in the face.

“I went over and saw another guy run toward my friend. I pushed him away and had that substance thrown at my face.

“It was probably the worst pain I have ever had in my life. When I was on the floor, my lips and tongue were swelling. I was screaming for help, but no one could hear me.

“It was a corrosive substance, but the can’t take it as that, even though that’s what the doctors diagnosed it as.”

Ticker said that he was fearing for his life when sprayed with the substance and has been left with severe PTSD following the incident.

Police responded to the scene of the fight outside of the Ye Arrow pub on Boley Hill in Rochester, , on September 13.

Kent Police say the liquid thrown at Tickner was tested at the scene, with “no traces” of acid or alkali substance identified.

They added that water had made the clothing “unusable for evidential enquiries”.

DCI Beverley Morrison said: “After discussion between Russell’s legal team and the CPS, a guilty plea to ABH and affray was accepted by the CPS based on the evidence available.

“The victim received emergency treatment by first responders, which included being doused with water to help with the irritation he was .

“The victim’s safety was the priority when those who attended came to his aid.”

Russell was initially charged with grievous bodily harm (GBH) but later plead guilty to actual bodily harm (ABH), which was accepted by the CPS based on available evidence.

The 23-year-old from Hornchurch in East was given a 45-week suspended sentence, as well as being ordered to complete 150 hours of unpaid work and fork out £2,000 in compensation – including £1,200 to Tickner.

The father-of-two was “annoyed” that Russell got a suspended sentence and avoided jailCredit: Adam Tickner / SWNS Police say water poured on Ticker at the scene made his clothing “unusable for evidential enquiries”Credit: Adam Tickner / SWNS

Tickner, an assistant headteacher, said he was “annoyed” that he only found out about the sentencing after stumbling upon the hearing online.

He added: “No one told me – the police, the barrister – that the GBH charge had changed to ABH.

“No one told us. It’s all such a farce. My clothing was taken for evidence, but was never tested. They kept saying they couldn’t test it.

“It made me think about victims of sexual assault and … The justice system is so screwed up. It’s insane.”

Tickner said he was expecting Russell to be jailed, having claimed to have been told by doctors that he was lucky to be alive following the attack.

A CPS spokesperson said: “We recognise this attack was deeply distressing for Mr Tickner.

“The CPS authorised emergency out-of-hours charges based on initial evidence provided by police.

“Following , it was clear there was no forensic evidence to prove the type of substance used in the attack.

“We then amended the charges to actual bodily harm and affray, which reflected the injuries and the seriousness of the .

“The defendant pleaded guilty to these offences due to overwhelming evidence against him.”

Ticker says that doctors diagnosed the substance as “corrosive” while he was at the hospitalCredit: Adam Tickner / SWNS