A jealous woman who threw allegedly threw acid into her friend’s face changed her display picture on a social network site to Freddie Krueger days after the attack, a court heard on Tuesday. Mary Konye, was reportedly angered because victim Naomi Oni called her ‘Wrong Turn’ after the disfigured cannibals from the horror film. She posted the Nightmare on Elm Street picture on the WhatsApp site with the message underneath: ‘Who looks like Wrong Turn now?’
It is reported that Mary had fawned over Naomi, ‘almost to the point of obsession,’ Snaresbrook Crown Court heard. She is said to have told friend Kamilah Andrews: “What if I bought acid and threw it in her face, so she would know how she makes me feel?”
“The defendant also joked with others about throwing acid on someone and that someone had suggested to Konye that she should wear a ‘nijab’ so the police could not identify her.”
Another friend of Naomi and Mary said the defendant had updated her Blackberry Messenger status to “She better not mess with me or I will make her face look like this,” accompanied by a picture of Freddie Krueger.
Mary Oni had worked for Victoria’s Secret lingerie store and was followed home by Mary Konye who disguised herself in a full niqab, it is alleged. Giving evidence she said: “I was on the phone to my boyfriend and I felt a presence. I turned to my left and there I saw someone in black attire, a black niqab. I remember it facing me and staring directly looking at me. It was long and black and covered and I could only see the eyes – the face wasn’t visible. I remember the reflection of the eyes, I remember them being bright and I could see them strongly.”
Naomi Oni began sobbing while recalling the incident and was led out of court room in tears before the judge adjourned for a break.
