TOWIE star Ferne McCann Urges boyfriend Arthur Collins to turn himself in over nightclub acid attack that left 16 injured including Australian model and her sister

TV personality Ms McCann, 26, today deleted an image of her and Mr Collins together on holiday two weeks ago from her Instagram page.

TOWIE star Ferne McCann has deleted a picture of her boyfriend from her Instagram page as police hunt him over a nightclub acid attack that left 16 people injured.

Police raided the £1million home of Arthur Collins, 25, after the dangerous substance was thrown during a fight at Mangle in Dalston, east London, over the weekend.

Cannabis and firearms were discovered during the raid, but Collins has not been found and is still being hunted by detectives, who have urged the public not to approach him.

Among those injured in the Easter weekend attack were an Australian model, who suffered serious chemical burns to her arms, and the cousin of former Premier League footballer Jamie O'Hara.  

A 54-year-old man and a 52-year-old woman were arrested at Mr Collins's address on suspicion of of cultivating cannabis

A spokesman for Ferne McCann said she was not at the club at the time of the shocking attack, but has urged her boyfriend to speak to police.

The spokesman said: 'Ferne is aware that the police wish to speak to Arthur Collins and the nature of the accusations against him.

Obviously these are highly shocking and Ferne has co-operated with the police in their inquiries. 

'She was not with Arthur on Sunday night; was not at Mangle; and has no direct knowledge of the events that unfolded. 

'As much as anybody she wants to know the truth and urges Arthur to co-operate fully with the police and attend a police station immediately.' 

Police announced the hunt for Collins in the same week he and Ms McCann appeared on the front cover of OK! magazine.

Ferne told the magazine she is now engaged to Collin, adding: 'We've spoken about our wedding. We want to get married on a beach. I want it to be a party and a celebration.'

A Met Police spokesman yesterday confirmed an arrest warrant had been executed at a property in Hertfordshire.

A Hertfordshire police spokesman said: 'Police conducting an arrest warrant at an address on White Stubbs Lane, Broxbourne, at 19.50pm on Monday April 17, discovered cannabis plants and cultivation equipment.

'A 54-year-old man and a 52-year-old woman were arrested on suspicion of cultivation of cannabis. Officers seized several plants and illegal firearms at the address. The two people arrested are still being investigated.'

Model Isobella Fraser, 22, and her sister Prue, 20, from Sydney, suffered serious chemical burns to their arms and back after the acid was sprayed.

Ms Fraser said she thought she had been caught up in the middle of a terrorist incident.

She said: 'I thought we were getting gassed. I thought it was a terrorist attack or something. I was freaking out just because of all the things that have been happening.

'I actually couldn't breathe and I was coughing. And then I just felt this thing on my arm and then I realised it was some sort of acid.'

She added: 'My whole dress was wet and I could smell gas, it was making me cough. I thought someone had scratched my back but when I looked at my dress it was melted to my back and there was a massive hole in it.

'Doctors don't know exactly what the substance was but I am sure it is going to leave me scarred - at the moment I have a huge purple mark on my back.

'I'm planning to get out of modelling, but if I was staying in the industry I would be really worried about the scarring.

'It's not what you expect when you go out, I had never heard of this happening but apparently acid attacks are quite common in the UK. It just really freaks you out.

'It was like the recent chemical weapons attack in Syria - we are lucky that this is the closest we are going to get to chemical burns like those people suffered.'

She added that she and her sister admitted themselves to hospital after waiting 'too long' for paramedics to arrive at the club.

She said: 'The ambulance was taking too long and we just wanted to go home to try and sleep as we were in shock.'

Isobella suffered large burns across her back while Prue was left with three burns on her right arm and elbow where the acid splashed her.

They initially went home after escaping the nightclub but later went to Chelsea and Westminster Hospital after realising the extent of their injuries.

The pair from Newcastle, New South Wales, were discharged after medical treatment but must return to see doctors again tomorrow to find out the extent of the scarring.

Prue said: 'It was almost like a bomb had gone off. I didn't see the liquid at the time as it all happened so quickly, the fight broke out and the next thing I knew everything had been knocked out of my hands.

'I got pushed back and couldn't stand up, I ended up in the middle of the floor. I felt something on my arm and afterwards I was in so much pain. I thought I had scratched my arm where I fell over.

My top was shoulderless and didn't cover a lot of skin. We got out of there quickly, we just wanted to get home.

'But by 3am we went to hospital, we were in so much pain. For someone to throw acid - it is so extreme. It was just horrible.

'You don't expect to go out to a club and for something like that to happen - it has made me scared to go out, now I don't want to go out at all.

'It could have been much worse or fatal, we were so lucky. With working as a model, if it had been on my face it would have made it hard to get work.'

Former Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Jamie O'Hara was furious about the attack after his cousin Sadie was left with nasty burns.

He ranted on Twitter:  'Sick that my cousin got burnt from this acid attack in hackney, innocent people get injured for the sick act of violence, guy should get life.'

O'Hara also posted a second picture apparently showing damage to Ms Wright's scalp, adding: 'Blisters all over my cousins @SadieWrightxx head from acid attack in hackney, what is wrong with world that innocent people have to get hurt.' 

It comes just a day after he was fined for confronting a fan of his current team, non-league Billericay Town, after allegedly being abused as he left the pitch

O'Hara, now 30, was once seen as a promising talent at Spurs, but his career has tailed in recent years, as he has slowly dropping through the divisions before ending up at the seventh-tier Essex side.

He also appeared on Celebrity Big Brother in January, but was evicted five days before the show's conclusion.  

Another of the victims who was injured in the attack described seeing a 'water bottle-sized' container of liquid suddenly being hurled over the people around them, and believes she saw 14 people injured.

The 20-year-old from south London - who has burns all over her body - slammed the fact that the event continued after the attack, and told how security guards had conducted minimal searches as they let guests in.

'It came out of nowhere, we were sat upstairs right next to it and there was no argument or fight. 

'I think it's really bad that the club carried on and they were serving drinks right where the attack was.

'There was hardly any checks as people were going in, I can't believe that someone was able to get in with a bottle of this stuff.

'I've been to Love Juice events all over the country and out in Dubai, but I won't be going to another one. My mum will barely let me out of this house at all after this.' 

Scotland Yard said trouble brewed when two groups of clubbers got into a dispute at the night and the 'noxious substance' was sprayed directly at the two victims.

The suspected attacker has not been arrested, police said.

Ten other people received minor injuries after suffering from the effects of the spray, which police believe was acid.

One witness, who asked not to be named, described seeing a group pouring bottles of water over what appeared to be an injured friend.

Video footage shows the venue's corridors filled with clubbers wrapped in medical blankets, while fire officers filed past.

Many of the people were sat on blankets which had been laid on the concrete floor and outside, the road was packed with ambulances.

At one stage a girl could be seen sitting at the foot of a stairwell, her head buried in her hands.

The witness said: 'In the party in the basement there were girls making noise, I saw their friends ordering a bottle of water - they were putting it on them, they were splashing it on their faces.'

They added: 'It was like a war - the police were everywhere.

'I just saw a lot of people complaining, there were a lot of staff around, someone had called the police and a lot of people were crying.' 

The London Ambulance Service (LAS) said it had taken 10 patients to hospital, while police said a further two people with similar injuries sought treatment at a hospital.

A manager of a bar near the club told his staff there had been an acid attack which had left a girl burnt on her face and arm.

Nima Navazande, 30, works at the nearby Martello Hall bar, and took over from his manager for the morning shift.

He said: 'My manager told me that around one o'clock they heard somebody saying that someone was attacked with liquid acid and there was a girl who had half her arm and her face burnt.

'My manager had to lock the doors and stay indoors to make sure nobody got in or out.' 

A witness who saw the aftermath of an acid attack in a club saw a man with a burnt arm getting treated by medics. 

Maxim Ge, an illustrator who was lives opposite the nightspot, was watching TV at the time said he saw a man with a burnt arm getting treatment.

The 30-year-old said: 'I cold see a guy with a burnt elbow, it was all back and the paramedics were treating him in the road. 

'There was a big crowd, mainly girls actually, coming out of the club. It was a big crowd, like 400 people. 

'I was shocked to find out so many people were injured.' 

A taxi driver who dropped a customer off outside the venue last night said he thought it was going to 'kick off' even at that early stage.

He said: 'There was a lot of people outside and there seemed to be a lot of tension, people were already arguing in the street and there was people doing laughing gas everywhere.

'Even at 11pm it looked like something was going to kick off.' 

Emergency services remained at the scene throughout Monday after first being called at 1.10am.

Around 200 people had left the premises before the arrival of emergency services, while the building was evacuated of a further 400.

One tenant at a block of flats overlooking the nightclub described a scene of confusion as crowds were moved up the street.

The woman, who asked not to be named, said: 'It happened so fast, they rushed people out, I thought it was a stabbing because all I heard was 'move, move, move - move out of the area'.'

She added: 'The area was closed off and police vans were there.

'The security were telling the crowd to go down that way - people on this side were waiting to go home but they couldn't go home because the road was closed.

'People were confused.'

She claimed residents had long been disturbed by the nightclub since it opened.

Asked if it seemed like it was a matter of time before a police incident, she replied: 'Yes. It has been going on since the nightclub opened.'

It comes just over a week after a father, mother and their two-year-old son suffered burns after a strong acid was thrown on them in nearby Islington, north London.

No arrests have been made following the assault on the family at the junction of Copenhagen Street and Caledonian Road at around 1.05pm on April 8.

A London Fire Brigade spokesman said of Monday's attack: 'The only information that we have is that it was an unknown corrosive substance thrown within the nightclub.

'It was identified by a PH paper test as a strong acidic substance.'

Police said there was no indication the attack was gang-related.

Anyone with information is asked to call Hackney CID via 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.