The ex-boyfriend of reality TV star Ferne McCann has been found guilty of an acid attack in a packed nightclub.

Arthur Collins, the father of The Only Way Is Essex star's newborn daughter, hurled the substance over a crowd at the Mangle E8 in Dalston, east London, on April 17.

The 25-year-old, of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, was convicted at Wood Green Crown Court on Monday of five counts of grievous bodily harm with intent, and nine counts of actual bodily harm against 14 people.

His co-defendant, Andre Phoenix, 21, of Tottenham, north London, was acquitted of four counts of grievous bodily harm and two of actual bodily harm.

Collins admitted throwing the bottle of fluid over clubbers but said he did not know it was acid.

He said he thought the liquid was a date rape drug, which he had snatched from two men after overhearing them planning to spike a girl's drink.

There were tears in the public gallery, which was packed with Collins' friends and family, as the jury's verdicts were read out.