The Birch.

Boy, 14, is arrested over acid attack that left takeaway delivery driver in danger of losing the sight in both his eyes.

A teenager has been arrested after an acid attack on a fast food delivery driver left him in danger of losing his sight. The boy was arrested in connection with an attack in Walthamstow. Mail.

Restoration of corporal punishment would go against the mores and silly sensitivities of our 'brave new world' but in all honesty, I can think of no other adequate response to this atrocity - followed by a substantial prison sentence and a lifetime of financial restoration.