Pictures and video: Shropshire cage fighting star jailed after dousing himself in acid in row with ex, blinding him in one eye

And, as he comes to terms with the possibility of being blinded in one eye, he also faces six months in jail for his actions after his ex-partner refused to let him see his daughter.

The 29-year-old is an elite fighter in the featherweight division for Mixed Martial Arts.

But when he appeared at Shrewsbury Crown Court, he was sporting a patch over his right eye.

• Danny Suter (white shorts) in one of his Cage Warrior fights. Warning contains cage fighting.

Suter, of Whitehouse Gardens, Shrewsbury, was in court after admitting breaching a restraining order that was issued at a previous hearing.

He appeared again in court this week, in which it was revealed that he had suffered serious injuries after appearing to throw liquid acid over his own face.

The court heard he carried out a threat to harm himself unless he was allowed to see his daughter.

John Oates, prosecuting, said the victim and her daughter were woken by a loud banging on their door at around 9pm on January 3 this year.

"She went to the bedroom window, looked out and saw the defendant holding a bottle containing clear liquid," the prosecutor said.

"He noticed her and shouted 'open the door or I am going to pour acid over myself'."

Mr Oates told the court Suter poured the clear liquid over the roof of her car, causing smoke to come off it.

He then tipped some of the acid on to his own head and arms.

The prosecutor said Suter climbed a ledge and started banging on the victim's bedroom window.

The court heard he made threats to his estranged partner, saying he would throw the acid into her face unless he was allowed in.

Police were called and a one-hour stand-off ensued before Suter finally came down.

He was arrested for breaching the order, which banned him from contacting her in any way.

Acid is the latest weapon of choice when it comes to intimidation and attack.

The use of corrosive liquids in violent crime is on the increase nationally and the case of cage fighter Danny Suter adds another case to the worrying statistic.

Suter, who admitted he was drunk after downing brandy, went armed with a bottle of acid when he wanted to confront his former partner.

He threatened her, but then threw the liquid over himself as a dramatic gesture of his own anger.

Recent figures showed violent crimes involving acid and other corrosive liquids have soared by 30 per cent in the last two years.

Police have recorded more than 500 offences nationally in which people were injured or threatened with harmful substances since 2012, an investigation found.

They included 242 reports of violent crime which mentioned acid or other corrosive substances across 23 forces in 2014 and 2015, compared with 186 alleged offences in 2012 and 2013.

West Midlands Police said 25 assaults involving acid or corrosive substances were recorded in 2014, up from 22 in 2013 and 13 in 2012. Another 23 incidents were recorded between January and November last year.

Dyfed Powys Police said two acid attacks had been recorded since 2012 involving an acid-based cleaner and an unknown liquid. Figures were not made public for West Mercia Police, the force which covers Shropshire.

In December 2014, Midlands nursing home carer Vikki Horsman was left scarred for life after acid was thrown at her when she answered her door in Tividale, near Dudley.

Mastermind Mohammed Rafiq, 80, was given 18 years in prison for the attack on his ex-lover. It emerged he paid Steven Holmes and Shannon Heaps £50 each to carry it out. The two men were jailed for 14 years and 12 years respectively.

Sentencing Danny Suter at Shrewsbury Crown Court on Tuesday, Judge Peter Barrie said: "You have taken the trouble to write to me a very sensible, lucid, well-expressed letter stating your reflections on what you have done.

"You have had the concentration and determination to excel in martial arts.

"People who excel in martial arts have to show extremely high levels of self discipline and self control to make sure they do not abuse the skills they acquire.

"It is difficult to fit these factors alongside what you did.

"You went to her home on January 3 determined to see her, to try to get in to see her and the child.

"Armed with acid, you made violent threats to her, having tried to get into the house, and you harmed yourself when she wouldn't let you in as well as threatening to harm her.

"The restraining order was set up precisely to prevent you from getting into this sort of situation, that the restraining order was made as such that you could have no contact with her at all.

"To try to take away the temptation to behave in temper and anger in this sort of frightening way.

"A breach of a court order in these circumstances is extremely serious.

"I think that this behaviour is so serious that the sentence has to be a custodial one.

"I hope the sentiments you expressed in your letter will persist after your release.

Mrs Debra White, for Suter, said her client was remorseful and accepted full responsibility for his actions.

She said he had been suffering from depression after breaking up with the victim and had turned to drink and drugs.

"He has a successful sporting career," Mrs White said.

"Whether that can continue is something that is now questionable, and is something that he is going to have to deal with in the future."

Mrs White said Suter had received no treatment for his eye injury since being arrested and remanded in custody at the start of last month.

"He can only see light at the moment," she said. "The longer that goes on without treatment the more likely it is he will lose his sight permanently.

"This is a young man who does have a future.

"This injury, which he caused himself, may mean that future is withdrawn from him unnecessarily.

"It is extremely unfortunate he has not had any treatment since going into custody."

Sentencing Suter to six months in prison, Judge Peter Barrie said: "It's hard to imagine a more terrifying situation for a young mother with a baby, to have somebody banging on the doors, making threats."

The judge also ruled Suter should be supervised by the probation service for 12 months after his release from custody.

The fighter was considered as one of the brightest hopes in the sport.

He has won all three of his fights so far but has not been in action since March last year.

Two days before Christmas, he spoke on Twitter of getting back into shape and being ready to climb back into the ring.

He said: "I've got myself down to a good weight and good level of fitness, ready to get into full fight camp in January."