A man involved in an unprovoked acid attack on a cinema-goer has been given a conditional discharge for his role.
Shop worker Samir Hussain was scarred for life when Michael McPherson threw sulphuric acid in his face outside Cineworld in Crawley, West Sussex.
Mr Hussain still wears a mask 18 months on, Brighton Magistrates' Court heard.
Lee Bates, who was with McPherson at the time, was sentenced after admitting common assault, while McPherson, who admitted GBH, will be sentenced later.
The court heard that they were approached outside the cinema by Bates and by McPherson, who told them: "You've seen a gangster movie; you can see gangsters now."
