You guys remember Naomi Oni who was attacked with acid in
London……shocking but true,.it was her friend who distorted her face ,an arrest
was made to her friend Mary Konye who was jealous of her good looks
Mary Konye, 21, disguised herself in an Islamic veil showing
only her eyes, and followed Naomi Oni home in East London before allegedly
dousing her in the corrosive acid.
Ms Oni, 21, who worked at Victoria’s Secret lingerie shop, suffered horrific
burns on her face and chest, lost her hair and eyelashes and was left scarred
for life in the alleged attack on December 30 2012.Snaresbrook Crown Court
heard that Konye, who was studying business and finance at Hertfordshire
University, had been close friends with Ms Oni since secondary school.
But
she was envious of the shop worker’s
and the pair had rowed in the past leading Konye to attack her with acid previously, it is alleged.The court heard Ms Oni left work at the Westfield Shopping Centre in Stratford, East London, at around 11.30pm with several colleagues.But she was oblivious to the fact she was being closely followed by Konye wearing a full niqab, a hooded black coat, gloves and a grey bag, jurors heard.
CCTV showed the university student had 'lingered waiting to see the victim' at Stratford and 'tailed' her home always making sure to keep a few steps behind her, the court heard.
On the phone to her boyfriend throughout the journey, she stopped off at takeaway to pick up some food and got the 368 bus to her house.
Unaware she was being followed, she got off the bus at Lodge Avenue, a few hundred yards away from her house.
But she suddenly became aware of a presence behind her and spun around to see someone in a niqab who lobbed a glass of acid at her.
Gareth Patterson, prosecuting, told jurors that Konye had threatened to attack Ms Oni with acid on another occasion after the pair rowed.
Konye, who was arrested on February 22 last year, denied carrying out the attack or ever threatening to throw acid at Naomi.
urors were told there is mobile phone evidence placing Konye on the same bus as Ms Oni.
Wearing her long hair down and a purple top and black cardigan, Konye, of Canning Town, East London, sat in the dock passively and repeatedly stared at the floor during the hearing.She denies throwing or casting a corrosive fluid with intent to burn, maim, disfigure, disable or do grievous bodily harm.
