Ferne McCann’s jailed acid attack ex Arthur Collins changes Insta name as girlfriend Gemma Elliott deletes hers
SCUMBAG Arthur Collins’ apparent Instagram profile has been deleted after it was revealed he wooed his latest girlfriend from behind bars.
The convicted acid attacker, who has a three-year-old with Towie star Ferne McCann, is dating Take Me Out’s Gemma Elliott.
A photograph of the lag, who is serving 20 years behind bars for his crime, and Gemma appeared on an Instagram account with the caption: “My girl”.
Comments on the photograph from people purporting to know Collins included one who said: “Beautiful,” while another wrote: “Quality brv still looking good.”
The page has now been deleted and another account – with the identical number of followers – with an obscure name has now replaced it.
The photographs on the account however have been made private.
Gemma’s Instagram profile also included a photograph of her and Collins.
Another snap revealed Gemma wearing red, silk pyjamas that had Collins’ first name embroidered onto them.
A comment on an account said to be Collins’ read “My girl”. She replied: “Love u.”
Her profile has also been deleted but while Collins’ appears to have been reactivated under a different name Gemma’s has been wiped.
Gemma appeared on Take Me Out in 2014 while she was a student at Leeds University.
Pals told The Sun on her romance with Collins: “Arthur might be banged up but that hasn’t stopped him sweet-talking her from the inside.
“They became romantic last year and are officially a couple.”
The Sun understood that Woodhill chiefs ordered a search of Collins’ cell after learning of the posts yesterday but no phone was found.
It is not known if he has access to a phone or whether someone is active on his behalf.
Collins was jailed for 20 years in December 2017 after throwing a corrosive substance over a crowd at Mangle nightclub in East London in April that year.
In 2018 Collins lost an appeal against his sentence, which was handed down after a jury convicted him of five counts of grievous bodily harm with intent and nine counts of actual bodily harm.
Three judges at the court of the appeal rejected his bid.
Lord Justice Simon, announcing the decision, said: “We accept that this was a severe sentence, but these were exceptionally serious offences, and the severe sentence was fully justified.”
