CLAPHAM chemical attack fugitive Abdul Ezedi was allegedly in a relationship with his victim, the suspect’s relative has said.
Ezedi, 35, is still at large after he allegedly doused a mum and her young kids with a corrosive alkaline liquid on Wednesday.
Abdul Shokoor Ezedi, 35, is still on the run[/caption]
He also allegedly tried to run the woman over before twice slamming her three-year-old daughter on the ground “like a rag doll”.
One of Ezedi’s relatives has now told Sky News that he was in a relationship with the mum.
The relative said they would hand Ezedi into cops themselves if they had to.
Ezedi is believed to have tracked his victim down to the two-star Clapham South Belvedere Hotel, where the council had put her up with her daughters, aged three and eight.
Members of the public and cops were also burned as they rushed to the family’s aid.
A 22-year-old man who has stayed in the Belvedere Hotel for three months said he saw the woman flee into the reception and scream for help after the chilling attack.
Manhunt cops are urging people not to approach “dangerous” fugitive Ezedi.
Now it has been revealed that Ezedi arrived in the UK in a lorry and failed to claim asylum.
However, he then converted to Christianity and was accepted on his third attempt with a priest as a character witness.
Ezedi pleaded guilty to one charge of sexual assault and one of exposure before he was granted asylum, the Crown Prosecution Service has confirmed.
He was sentenced at Newcastle Crown Court on January 9, 2018, to a nine-week jail term suspended for two years for the sexual assault.
For the exposure he was given 36 weeks’ imprisonment to be served consecutively, which was also suspended for two years.
In the early hours of yesterday morning officers hunting Ezedi raided an address in Leyton, east London.
Snaps show cops wearing hazmat suits and PPE face masks, as an apparent precaution against dangerous chemicals.
A source said that a large number of cops swarmed the Leyton address just before 2am, smashing down doors.
The London Fire Brigade said it was called at 1.47am and that firefighters stayed at the scene until 5.29am.
