First picture of jealous student who threw acid in face of Victoria Secret worker in "evil, barbaric" attack

Mary Konye disguised herself in a Muslim veil before hurling sulphuric acid in friend Naomi Oni's face in a horrific Katie Piper copycat attack

This is the jealous student who hurled acid in her friend's face in a Katie Piper copycat attack.

Mary Konye, 21, attacked pal Naomi Oni while disguised in a Muslim veil.

Naomi, 21, was left scarred for life following the horrific assault in Dagenham, east London, on December 30, 2012.

London's Snaresbrook Crown Court heard that Konye attacked the Victoria Secret worker because she once called her 'ugly'.

Following the attack, Konye pretended to give Ms Oni a shoulder to cry on.

Dressed in black, Konye remained calm as the jury of eight men and four women returned their verdict.

Judge David Radford warned Konye that she will face jail when he sentences her on March 7 after receiving reports.

He said: "I should make clear that, in my judgment, this is a case that will, in all likelihood, need a substantial custodial sentence. It is inevitable, but it won't be dealt with until I have received those reports."

He thanked the jurors for their efforts, saying they had looked at the evidence "with great thoroughness, taking your time to reach your verdict".

Ms Oni burst into tears as she left the courtroom and was hugged by family and friends.

The jury reached its unanimous verdict following around seven and a half hours of deliberations after it was sent out yesterday afternoon.

The court was shown CCTV footage showing Naomi as she left work at the Westfield shopping centre in Stratford at around 11.30pm, shadowed by a stalker wearing a niqab.

Prosecutors alleged Konye wanted revenge against Naomi after rows and knew of her admiration for model Katie Piper – another acid attack victim.

Jurors also heard a claim that Konye changed her online profile photo to scarred horror villain Freddie Krueger after Naomi was attacked.

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Brave Naomi previously told jurors: “As I felt the splash I ­immediately had the feeling somebody was trying to kill me. My instinct was to run and scream as loud as I could.”

Naomi said she was “hysterical” as her parents dialled 999 while she tried to wash herself in the bath.

She went on: “It was a dissolving type of sensation. I was saying nobody is ever going to marry me now.”

She suffered serious burns to her face and chest, lost her hair and eyelashes, and required skin graft surgery to cover the burns.

The jury that the day after the attack, Konye sent a mobile phone message to her friend, who was in hospital receiving treatment, saying "OMG, I can't believe it."

The attack is alleged to have been a copycat of that suffered by model and TV presenter Katie Piper, who was badly scarred and left blind in one eye in an assault arranged by her ex-boyfriend, Daniel Lynch, in 2008.

Ms Oni told the court that Konye was aware of how much of an impact Ms Piper's ordeal had had on her after watching a television documentary about it.

The pair, who had been friends since secondary school, fell out in April 2011 when Ms Oni allegedly accused Konye of texting her boyfriend and called her an "ugly monster".

Konye, a business and finance student, of Canning Town, east London, denied throwing or casting a corrosive fluid with intent to burn, maim, disfigure, disable or do grievous bodily harm.

Source:  Mirror.co.uk