Dramatic footage shows the moment prosecutors say a three-year-old boy had acid thrown over him in a busy shop.
The youngster, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, suffered serious burns to his face and arm at the Home Bargains store in Worcester on July 21 last year, during a parental custody dispute.
His 40-year-old father is charged with conspiring to carrying out the acid attack, along with six others.
A trial jury at Worcester Crown Court was told how the injured child screamed 'I hurt', over and over again, after being struck.
This is the moment an alleged acid attacker is said to have sprayed a corrosive substance over a three-year-old boy in a Home Bargains store
CCTV shows the attack from another angle, with accused Adam Cech (circled) holding out his arm and the boy (blurred) running to his mother
Jurors were today shown the store's CCTV video capturing the moment the incident took place.
The attack happened in a matter of seconds while the child was standing with his brother looking at toy footballs.
Prosecutors allege the father, stung by his wife walking out on him and taking the children in April 2016, 'enlisted others' to attack the youngster in a bid to win more contact with the child by painting her as an 'unfit mother'.
As the clip was played, the boy's father, sat in the dock, held a tissue to his face.
The boy suffered a 10cm burn to his left forearm, and a 3cm burn on his forehead, which needed specialist hospital treatment.
Facing the same charge are Adam Cech, 27, Jan Dudi, 25, and Martina Badiova, 22, all of Birmingham; Norbert Pulko, 22, and Saied Hussini, 42, both of London; and Jabar Paktia, 42, of Wolverhampton. They all deny the allegation.
The CCTV shows the moments before the attack, when the boy and his older brother were playing with footballs in a shop display
Alleged attacker Cech and a supposed accomplice are seen in the store at the time
The alleged attacker is seen looking at his mobile phone in the seconds after the incident
In his opening last week, prosecutor Jonathan Rees QC said the boy's mother had driven to the store with her children at about 2pm to buy a party gift.
Roadside CCTV played in court showed her being followed by a silver Vauxhall Vectra, allegedly containing Cech, Dudi and Pulko.
At 2.13pm she and the children went inside the store, followed by the three men, with shop CCTV showing Cech approaching the victim.
Both youngsters were gazing at a brightly coloured display of footballs at the end of an aisle.
The victim could then be seen pointing up at the balls, with his sibling doing practice kicks, as a man in a white T-shirt, identified in court as Cech, walked past the victim with his arm extended and an object in his hand.
A court sketch showing (left to right) Norbert Pulko, Saied Hussini, the father of the boy (who cannot be identified), Martina Badiova, Adam Cech, Jabar Paktia and Jan Dudi
Pulko (left) is said to have carried out the aborted attempt. Cech (right) is accused of carrying out attack on the boy
As Cech exited the frame, the victim could be seen looking quickly back towards him before running to his mother nearby.
Mr Rees told jurors: 'What you have just seen is that person in a white T-shirt - you can just catch the moment where the arm is extended.
'That really is the hub of this case. That is the acid attack. It is over in a split second.
'You have, in shot, Mr Cech - there's no dispute of that - extending his arm, out towards the child.'
Mr Rees added: 'His mother was a short distance away as the attack is carried out, and the sister heard the victim scream out, "I hurt, I hurt, I hurt".'
Pictures show Saied Hussini (left), Norbert Pulko and Martina Badiova on the day of an alleged aborted attack, days before the Home Bargains incident
The boy's father is said to have sent this picture to another accused after the attack took place
Prosecutors have also claimed that Hussini, Pulko and Badiova were involved in an 'aborted' attempt near a school, eight days prior to the shop attack.
Witnesses were so concerned about the trio's 'suspicious activity' they took photos, which have formed part of the prosecution's case.
Jurors have also heard that the father sent an image with the text 'Nailed It!' to an alleged co-conspirator, hours after his son had been injured.
Running through details of contact alleged between the accused, Mr Rees said cell-siting of mobile phones showed Dudi, Cech and Pulko leaving the area near Home Bargains, immediately following the incident.
Phone call log evidence is alleged to have shown that Pulko called Paktia, before Paktia then rang the boy's father - some 20 minutes after the attack.
CCTV image shows what the prosecution say is an 'aborted acid attack' at a Worcester school, days before an acid attack on a three-year-old child at a Home Bargains store in the city. The victim and his mother are blurred for legal reasons
It is alleged that Pulko then met up with Paktia somewhere in the Birmingham area at about 5.20pm.
About an hour later, cell-siting showed Paktia and the father's phones were 'back in the Wolverhampton area', Mr Rees told jurors.
Prosecutors have also presented the court with 'stickers being sent with motifs and images', from the victim's father to Paktia, later that evening.
The first showed a cartoon image of what appeared to be a deer, leaning over and comforting a tearful fox.
Mr Rees said: 'At 9.15pm, he (the boy's father) sends Paktia a sticker. One animal comforting a fox which has its head in its hands.
'And then, the second is sent, a minute after that first one, again to Paktia. It is a sticker which features a young lady in it with the motif 'Nailed It!'.'
The trial continues.
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