To many people the sinister meaning behind a test tube emoji next to one of a someone running might not be immediately clear.

But Hareece Ali's girlfriend knew exactly what it meant because of previous comments he had made.

The seemingly innocuous symbols were in fact a threat of an acid attack.

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It was one of several chilling warnings Ali subjected not one, but two former partners to.

The cowardly 27-year-old then fled the country to Turkey for two years before he was arrested in 2024 following his return to the UK.

Ali, of Bendall Road, Kingstanding , is now behind bars having been jailed for five and a half years last month.

He had sent the first victim the test tube and running emoji text ami

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