A Lewisham teenager has been arrested on suspicion of GBH following an acid attack in Essex.

Wayne Ingold, aged 56, had a corrosive liquid squirted in his face when he opened a communal door at a block of flats in Witham on August 8.

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After the attack, Mr Ingold said: β€œIt looked like my face was melting.”

The 18-year-old man, who was arrested yesterday (November 16), has been bailed by police until February.