Ferne McCann’s acid attacker ex Arthur Collins strikes up ‘romance’ with Love Island star – & she thinks ngocc

SHAMED acid attack jailbird Arthur Collins has struck up a “romance” with ex-Love Island star Amelia Peters.

Fiend Collins, 32 — who is serving 20 years behind bars — contacted the 26-year-old last October after checking out her Instagram profile.

He has sent her bouquets and she visits him in prison regularly, it is said.

A source added: “They talk all the time — despite the fact he’s in jail.

"He’s got a phone they speak on and he’s sent her flowers a number of times.”

Possessing a phone in jail is an offence and can lead to a loss of privileges or a longer sentence. Collins got an extra eight months in 2018 for smuggling a phone into jail.

His fresh antics emerged after The Sun on Sunday revealed that scheming lag Collins had a “steroid” injected into his bottom in his cell.

The would-be Romeo was dating Towie’s Ferne McCann in 2017 when he threw acid in the Mangle E8 club in Dalston, East London — leaving 16 people with chemical burns.

Collins planned to marry Annie Bull in 2022 after romancing her from his cell. He proposed during a visit, after which she had his name tattooed under her boobs.

Now Amelia, on Love Island in 2017, has fallen under his spell.

On his birthday last month, she posted on her Instagram an image of red roses with the letter “A” above them.

She wrote: “Happy birthday to the most handsome pain in the arse, Love you x.”

Our source went on: “Amelia has made no secret of her relationship with Arthur and has told her friends she’s mad about him and thinks he’s the one.

“She says she thinks Arthur is a changed man.

"Some of her mates are worried about her getting involved with him but Amelia won’t listen.”

Another source, close to Amelia, tried to downplay talk of a romance and said: “She’s visited Arthur but he is a family friend.”

Meanwhile, Collins has been transferred from The Mount Prison in Herts — where the injection footage was taken — amid fears he was scheming to import drugs using drones.

An anti-corruption team has found illicit items at his new home, HMP Buckley Hall, near Rochdale.

A source said: “He’s in trouble constantly and doesn’t seem to care.

"He goes around like the big ‘I am’ as if he rules the roost.”

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