He was convicted of attempted grievous bodily

Sentencing Modiak to life in prison yesterday, Judge Graham Knowles QC said Modiak could easily have killed Mr Ursoi. "You are an extremely dangerous man, you present a serious risk of harm to members of the public,"They were literally torturing her he said.Talking directly to Wood, he added: "You have no concept of how people see you including the jury."That was evident with you defence you said you pretended to stab the man so you would be arrested and get the attention you deserve for what you call the 'miscarriage of justice' that happened in Scotland."He was convicted of attempted grievous bodily harm with intent and possession of a bladed article. He was ordered to serve a minimum of five years and 124 days before being eligible for parole.He was eight years older and with money to burn thanks to his criminal activities. The couple married, but the relationship was brutally violent.Modiak was obsessional, possessive and a bully. He kept her away from friends and stopped her seeing her family.

Louise eventually took the brave step of leaving him, but even a court order insisting he stay away from his former partner was ineffective. Modiak began plotting the attack on his ex-wife three months after their divorce. His reign of terror came to a climax on February 13, 1991.Modiak had paid a man 3000 to throw a pint of sulphuric acid in his former wife's face while he watched from the vantage point of a getaway car.The hired hitman, Kelvin Greenhalghse, hit the then 26-year-old full in the face as she ushered her two children into a car in Hutchison Place, Slateford, during a shopping trip. The concentrated acid burned the enamel off her teeth and scarred her legs where it dripped through her clothes. Her sons, Deane, then eight, and Ryan, one, were also injured by the acid.Modiak who tried and failed to appeal against a 20-year jail sentence spent 14 years in prison.Greenhalghse, 32 at the time of the trial and from Armadale, West Lothian, was also jailed for 20 years. Louise was left blind and a prisoner in her own home."I'm out of prison now, but I'm still trapped.