A WOMAN told a jury she was paid to 'kiss and hold hands' with a stranger outside a Worcester school to make his girlfriend 'jealous' and knew nothing of a plot to attack a little boy with acid.

Casino receptionist Martina Badiova appeared as the last witness in the Worcester acid attack trial at the city's crown court yesterday.

Badioiva is one of seven defendants, including the child's Afghan father, who deny a conspiracy to apply a corrosive fluid with intent to cause the three-year-old grievous bodily harm.

The 23-year-old of Newcombe Road, Birmingham, was photographed 'loitering' outside a Worcester school with Norbert Pulko and Saied Hussini on July 13 last year. The prosecution say this was an earlier failed mission to attack the boy before the actual attack in Home Bargains eight days later on July 21 last year.

The Czech told the jury Pulko would pay her £200 to 'make his girlfriend jealous', having only met him in the early hours of that day. Hussini came later that morning and was introduced to her as Pulko's friend.

Will Martin, prosecuting, said: "You were in a strange car with two strange men on a quiet road and one of them (Pulko) puts on a surgical glove. Did that worry you at all?"

Badiova said 'no' and said she was 'trying to fall asleep'. She said she 'did not care' and could not remember what the two men discussed but added: "All I can say is it was nothing to do with acid."

Badiova later texted a male friend saying she had 'business' in Worcester and added 'it was bad' while also describing the work as 'a mission'. Badiova accepted she 'fancied' Pulko and flirted with him but claimed they did not have a physical relationship. She said she 'didn't want him' when she learned about the alleged attack in Worcester, seeing it on the news.

Badiova was at work at the casino between 6.55am and 3pm on the day of the attack at Home Bargains. She was in telephone contact with Pulko, one of three men in that shop. Badiova also met him in a Birmingham off-licence later that day where he gave her £30 to £40, telling her he would pay her the rest of the money when she returned from her holiday in the Czech Republic. Badiova was asked about the high volume of contact between her and Pulko and Adam Cech, the man who squirted the acid, between July 12 and 21.

There is no content for any of these messages because Badiova deleted them. Badiova said this was because everyone was using her phone and she did not want anyone else to see her messages, some of which were 'love messages' to Cech who was married. She said the messages were 'general chatting and flirting'. Badiova told the jury Pulko had 'used me' on July 13.

The trial continues.