21 year old acid
victim Naomi Oni was disfigured for life after an unknown person wearing a
Niqāb threw acid in her face as she walked home from work on Sunday December
30th 2012 in Lodge Avenue Dagenham, east London.
Naomi only described her attacker as a woman wearing an Islamic veil. Over a year later, police has been able to identify the person behind the veil. It was her jealous 21 year old friend, Mary Konye.
According to news reports released by police and tendered in court, Mary, a student at Hertfordshire University, disguised herself in a Niqāb, which showed only her eyes and closely followed Naomi home and allegedly poured the acid on her when they got to a deserted area. She fled the scene immediately after.
Naomi suffered horrific burns on her face and chest and was left scarred for life. Continue...
Mary Konye, who has since been arrested and facing trial, had been Naomi's friend since secondary school. Mary had always been jealous of Naomi, the court heard, and when they fought Mary decided she wanted Naomi disfigured for life and attacked her with acid.
Naomi only described her attacker as a woman wearing an Islamic veil. Over a year later, police has been able to identify the person behind the veil. It was her jealous 21 year old friend, Mary Konye.
According to news reports released by police and tendered in court, Mary, a student at Hertfordshire University, disguised herself in a Niqāb, which showed only her eyes and closely followed Naomi home and allegedly poured the acid on her when they got to a deserted area. She fled the scene immediately after.
Naomi suffered horrific burns on her face and chest and was left scarred for life. Continue...
Mary Konye, who has since been arrested and facing trial, had been Naomi's friend since secondary school. Mary had always been jealous of Naomi, the court heard, and when they fought Mary decided she wanted Naomi disfigured for life and attacked her with acid.
Naomi Oni's lawyer said in court today:
'Naomi will tell you about her friendship with the defendant. In
particular she will tell you how in the past they had an up and down
relationship and how the defendant had admitted to her that on one occasion in
anger she threatened to throw acid at Naomi.
'There was a reason
why the defendant would have chosen to make such an unusual sort of threat. In
the past the two of them had discussed a young woman called Katie Piper.
'She was a woman who
had acid thrown at her and that attack had been reported in the media.
'Naomi and the
defendant had discussed this and it appears that the defendant knew that Naomi
had been particularly moved by Katie Piper’s ordeal.
'Naomi stated that
she and the defendant had fallen out in the past and says that there was an
occasion during a row when she called the defendant ugly.
'She says that they
were later back on speaking terms and importantly, that the defendant said to
her that she (the defendant) had been so angry at the time that she had said to
someone else, a friend of the defendant’s called Kamilah Andrews, that she (the
defendant) wanted to throw acid at Naomi.
'Naomi believed that
the defendant had realised just how upset she had been by Katie Piper’s
horrible ordeal.'
'She could not see
the face of the person, just the light-brown coloured skin around the eyes. She
believed it was a female. The woman was staring at her.
'All of a sudden
Naomi felt a liquid being thrown into her face. She screamed and immediately felt
her face burning. She could smell her skin and hair burning. She immediately
ran home.
Mary Konye denies pouring acid on Naomi.
The trial continues...
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