'TOWIE star Ferne McCann's ex-lover was wearing a top with the word KILLER written across his chest when he hurled acid over 17 clubbers, a court heard today.

Update 20th Dec 2017 : Ferne McCann's ex-boyfriend Arthur Collins jailed for 20 years over acid attack

Arthur Collins, ex-boyfriend of reality TV star Ferne McCann, is accused of throwing the substance in the Wringer and Mangle in Dalston on 17 April.

Prosecutors told Wood Green Crown Court it happened after a group of men started pushing and shoving.

Mr Collins, 25, has admitted to throwing the liquid but claims he didn't know it was acid.

They are accused of five counts of grievous bodily harm (GBH) with intent, and 11 counts of actual bodily harm against 16 people.

Emergency vehicles were called to the club early on Easter Monday after acid was allegedly flung on partygoers

In total, 20 people suffered burns during the assault at the Mangle E8 club in Hackney on 17 April.

He added: "One of the young men, perhaps perceiving the threat of a knife, threw acid into the face of another young man.

"As that man went down in pain, the aggressor threw acid at them a second time towards another young man, and then a third time.

"You will see, in due course, the consequences of those actions, they were just as you would expect on a crowded dance floor, on a popular night.

"They gave rise to the injuries to 17 individuals.

"There is no dispute as to who threw the acid three times. It was Arthur Collins.

"That he does not dispute it is perhaps unsurprising, as the confrontation, the first throwing, the second throwing and the third throwing are all captured quickly but distinctly on the club's CCTV."

He said that Collins had been assisted by his "good friend" Andre Phoenix.

Luke Ponte said: "The Crown's case is that these two friends came to the club together, armed with acid together, they stayed together, got drunk together, got in a fight together, threw it together, stayed around together and finally left together."

Mr Ponte said it was Phoenix who was the aggressor to the men and Phoenix who passed the acid to Collins just before the first throw.

Collins' reality star former fiancée, a contestant on "I'm a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!' and a regular on This Morning, was pregnant with his baby at the time of the attack.

The trial continues.

Collins, of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, denies five counts of grievous bodily harm (GBH) with intent, and 11 counts of actual bodily harm against 16 people.

Phoenix, of Tottenham, north London, denies the same offences.