Ferne McCann's jailed acid attacker ex dumped by Love Island beauty after eight month romance
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FERNE McCann's jailed acid attacker ex Arthur Collins has been dumped by ex-Love Island beauty Amelia Peters.
Collins, 32 — who is serving 20 years behind bars — contacted the 26-year-old last October after checking out her Instagram profile.
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Love Island's Amelia Peters has dumped jailed acid attacker Arthur Collins
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Collins contacted the 26-year-old last October after checking out her Instagram profile
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He was dating Towie's Ferne McCann in 2017 when he threw acid in the Mangle E8 club in Dalston
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He was said to have wooed her from behind bars - sending Amelia bouquets of flowers and her visiting him in prison regularly.
But a friend of the former reality star has told The Sun: "Amelia has called off her romance with Arthur.
"Some members of her family only found out about her romance after reading about it in the Sun and urged her to dump him especially after seeing the pictures of him injecting himself with steroids from behind bars."
But concerned family members are said to be worried that it's only a matter of time before she gives Collins a second chance.
"They've told Amelia he's 'bad news' and she shouldn't put her life on hold for him," they continued.
"They are worried Collins has a hold over her.
"Amelia has told her family she has dumped him for good but her friends believe it won't be long before she starts seeing him again because of the hold he has over her."
The Sun has reached out to Amelia's rep for comment.
Just last week The Sun revealed shamed acid attacker Collins' new romance.
A source said at the time: '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.'
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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.
He 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.
Amelia, on Love Island in 2017, had 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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Family members are worried that it's 'only a matter of time before she gives Collins a second chance'
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