Overview
- Ethan Rowley pleaded guilty at Nottingham Crown Court to throwing a destructive or corrosive substance with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.
- The court heard he used a blue mop bucket to hurl scalding, reportedly boiling, water at an inmate in a shower on November 8, 2024.
- The victim suffered severe burns with blistering and skin peeling on the legs and groin, and was treated at Queen’s Medical Centre.
- Rowley, appearing via video link from HMP Swinfen Hall, had the nine-month term added to his existing 21-year sentence for rapes in Derbyshire.
- Judge Michael Auty KC noted the full long‑term impact remains unclear because the victim did not provide a personal statement.