‘That’s not acid. It’s err, vinegar’

A corner shop customer caught with a Lucozade bottle full of acid is facing jail. William Alberto, 20, was asked by police if he had anything on him at Payless Food & Wine in Vauxhall and said: ‘No, only my bottle of vinegar in my bag.’ But his bottle was found to contain corrosive acid with a dangerously powerful PH of 1. Alberto claimed the vessel had been filled by his aunt and given to him to take to his…