Overview

• Arthur Collins, serving a 20-year sentence for a 2017 acid attack that injured 16 people, initiated contact with Amelia Peters via Instagram last October.
• Peters has visited Collins regularly at HMP Buckley Hall and received multiple flower deliveries, demonstrating continued support despite concerns from her friends.
• Collins was transferred from HMP The Mount to the stricter HMP Buckley Hall after probes suggested he plotted drone-based drug smuggling.
• Contraband was discovered at Buckley Hall following his arrival, prompting the Ministry of Justice to secure restricted airspace zones around prisons.
• A specialist anti-drone unit has been deployed and the Ministry of Justice has allocated £10 million to bolster prison defenses against illegal aerial drops.