A Victoria's Secret worker who had acid hurled in her face said her jealous childhood friend who attacked her spent years trying to emulate her looks. Naomi Oni said Mary Konye was 'obsessed' with her, attempting to steal her boyfriend before deciding to 'destroy her'. Miss Oni, 21, said Konye - who will be sentenced next month after being found guilty of the acid attack at Snaresbrook Crown Court last week - copied her clothes and hairstyle, even mimicking the way she spoke, her laugh and walk. Naomi Oni said Mary Konye, who had been her friend since the age of 11, had become 'obsessed' with her, trying to emulate her looks, trying to steal her boyfriend before attempting to 'destroy' her . Konye was said to obsessively jealous of the victim's good looks and, after a previous argument between them, hatched a plan to attack her with acid . Naomi Oni, also 21, was scarred for life after Konye doused her with concentrated sulphuric acid near her home in Dagenham, Essex . She told The Sun: 'If I wrote texts, spoke, laughed or walked in a certain way, she'd do that too. And she'd say "I look just like you, don't I?" 'If police hadn't caught her, I'm sure she would have gone on to kill.' On December 30, 2012 Konye, also 21, disguised herself in a Muslim veil to stalk her friend as she left the Victoria's Secret store in Westfield shopping centre in Stratford, east London, where she worked. Shortly before Miss Oni reached her home in Dagenham, Essex, Konye doused her with concentrated sulphuric acid, leaving her scarred for life. Mary Konye (pictured) stalked her friend after becoming jealous of her looks, it was said . CCTV . footage obtained by police after the attack showed Konye in a niqab . following her as she left at the lingerie shop at around 11.30pm. Konye faces jail after she was found guilty of the acid attack at Snaresbrook Crown Court last week. Miss Oni suffered serious burns to her face . and chest, lost her hair and eyelashes, and required skin graft surgery . to cover the burns. Miss Konye's obsession with her victim began when the friends were 11 years old. But in April 2011 they fell out after Miss Oni discovered Konye was trying to steal her boyfriend, sending him anonymous texts claiming Miss Oni was sleeping with other men. Miss Oni said: 'She had copied my entire life - now she wanted my boyfriend.' Giving evidence in court Miss Oni described how, on her way home, she got off at her bus . stop in Dagenham and felt a ‘presence’ before turning to . see someone in a niqab. She . then felt a ‘massive splash’ as the acid was thrown at her, disfiguring her face, dissolving her hair and eyelashes . and burning her tongue as she screamed. Describing . how she felt after the attack, she said: ‘Am I a bad person? Why has . this happened to me? I work hard ... No one’s going to marry me now.’ Miss . Oni also revealed that when she told her alleged attacker what had . happened, her friend texted back: ‘OMG. Can’t believe it.’ Naomi Oni suffered serious burns to her face and chest, lost her hair and eyelashes, and required skin graft surgery to cover the burns . She also cried down the phone to Konye, who offered her support. Miss Oni said in court: ‘I just had my bandages removed and it was the first time I saw . my  face after surgery and I broke down and I had spoken to Mary that . night  and I was crying on the phone to her and she was on the phone to . me telling me, “don’t worry, you’ll be OK”.’ She added: ‘I was still on the phone to . my boyfriend and I felt a presence. I turned to my left and I saw . someone and a black abaya [cloak] or a black niqab. ‘I remember it facing me, staring. A presence directly looking at me. All I could see was eyes.’ She then said she felt the splash as the acid was thrown in her face and ran home shouting ‘acid, acid’. Naomi Oni, pictured after the attack, speaking in an interview in which she said she was attacked by a person wearing a veil covering their face after getting off a bus in Lodge Avenue, Dagenham, on 30 December . She said: ‘I immediately felt that someone was trying to kill me and so my instinct was to run as fast as I could to get home. ‘I . felt, it wasn’t burning, it was a dissolving type of sensation. It was . on my face and I remember,  as I had my mouth open screaming, it burnt . my tongue.’ Mary Konye was born on 20 February . 1992 in Newham, east London. Her father died when she was just two . leaving her mother a single parent looking after her only child. She gained eight GCSEs before studying for A-Levels in Sociology, Media, . Business and Psychology at St Angela's Ursuline School, a Catholic . secondary school for girls in Forest Gate. She . spent another year at Southgate College doing A-Level retakes before . winning a place at the University of Hertfordshire, studied accounting . and finance in business. CCTV footage obtained by police after the attack showed a figure in a niqab following her as she left work at the Westfield shopping centre in Stratford at around 11.30pm . Konye held down jobs in retail at New Look, Forever 21 and Next while studying. She . was one term and an exam away from earning a BA honours degree when she . was arrested last April for throwing acid over Miss Oni. When she first appeared in court last May she applied on bail on the basis she was a regular churchgoer. Naomi Oni was born just nine days . earlier than Konye on 11 February 1992 and had a far less turbulent . childhood than her friend. Miss Oni pictured before the attack . They became friends from an . early age and Miss Oni, blessed with good looks, was encouraged by Konye . to pursue a career in modelling and the fashion industry. Miss Oni was less successful in her education and she dropped out of sixth form. She . found a job at Victoria's Secret lingerie store in Westfield Stratford . City and worked there full-time until Christmas 2013. She would often be put on late shifts, finishing at 11.30pm at night. The aspiring make-up artist was being chased by several admirers and rowed with Konye about the attention she was getting. After Miss Oni fell pregnant she confided in Konye that her boyfriend at the time, was not being supportive. Konye told him to provide the support Miss Oni needed. But Miss Oni was angered after learning that her friend had interfered with her relationship and the pair fell out. Six . months later they made up, but by then Konye had told college friends . at Southgate that she wanted to throw acid over Naomi and that she would . wear a niqab to disguise herself. After becoming friends in year 8 at St Angela's Ursuline School they had a 'typical' relationship during their teenage years. Both admitted during the trial they would regularly fall out but then patch up their differences.
Mary Konye became obsessed with Naomi Oni copying her clothes and style .
21-year-old tried to steal her victim's boyfriend before hatching a plan to 'destroy' her life .
Miss Oni said: 'She had copied my entire life - now she wanted my boyfriend'
Konye found guilty of acid attack at Snaresbrook Crown Court .
She dressed in a Muslim veil to stalk Miss Oni on her way home from work .
Doused her in concentrated sulphuric acid near her Dagenham home .
Konye faces jail when she is sentenced next month .
A Victoria's Secret worker who had acid hurled in her face said her jealous childhood friend who attacked her spent years trying to emulate her looks. Naomi Oni said Mary Konye was 'obsessed' with her, attempting to steal her boyfriend before deciding to 'destroy her'. Miss Oni, 21, said Konye - who will be sentenced next month after being found guilty of the acid attack at Snaresbrook Crown Court last week - copied her clothes and hairstyle, even mimicking the way she spoke, her laugh and walk. Naomi Oni said Mary Konye, who had been her friend since the age of 11, had become 'obsessed' with her, trying to emulate her looks, trying to steal her boyfriend before attempting to 'destroy' her . Konye was said to obsessively jealous of the victim's good looks and, after a previous argument between them, hatched a plan to attack her with acid . Naomi Oni, also 21, was scarred for life after Konye doused her with concentrated sulphuric acid near her home in Dagenham, Essex . She told The Sun: 'If I wrote texts, spoke, laughed or walked in a certain way, she'd do that too. And she'd say "I look just like you, don't I?" 'If police hadn't caught her, I'm sure she would have gone on to kill.' On December 30, 2012 Konye, also 21, disguised herself in a Muslim veil to stalk her friend as she left the Victoria's Secret store in Westfield shopping centre in Stratford, east London, where she worked. Shortly before Miss Oni reached her home in Dagenham, Essex, Konye doused her with concentrated sulphuric acid, leaving her scarred for life. Mary Konye (pictured) stalked her friend after becoming jealous of her looks, it was said . CCTV . footage obtained by police after the attack showed Konye in a niqab . following her as she left at the lingerie shop at around 11.30pm. Konye faces jail after she was found guilty of the acid attack at Snaresbrook Crown Court last week. Miss Oni suffered serious burns to her face . and chest, lost her hair and eyelashes, and required skin graft surgery . to cover the burns. Miss Konye's obsession with her victim began when the friends were 11 years old. But in April 2011 they fell out after Miss Oni discovered Konye was trying to steal her boyfriend, sending him anonymous texts claiming Miss Oni was sleeping with other men. Miss Oni said: 'She had copied my entire life - now she wanted my boyfriend.' Giving evidence in court Miss Oni described how, on her way home, she got off at her bus . stop in Dagenham and felt a ‘presence’ before turning to . see someone in a niqab. She . then felt a ‘massive splash’ as the acid was thrown at her, disfiguring her face, dissolving her hair and eyelashes . and burning her tongue as she screamed. Describing . how she felt after the attack, she said: ‘Am I a bad person? Why has . this happened to me? I work hard ... No one’s going to marry me now.’ Miss . Oni also revealed that when she told her alleged attacker what had . happened, her friend texted back: ‘OMG. Can’t believe it.’ Naomi Oni suffered serious burns to her face and chest, lost her hair and eyelashes, and required skin graft surgery to cover the burns . She also cried down the phone to Konye, who offered her support. Miss Oni said in court: ‘I just had my bandages removed and it was the first time I saw . my face after surgery and I broke down and I had spoken to Mary that . night  and I was crying on the phone to her and she was on the phone to . me telling me, “don’t worry, you’ll be OK”.’ She added: ‘I was still on the phone to . my boyfriend and I felt a presence. I turned to my left and I saw . someone and a black abaya [cloak] or a black niqab. ‘I remember it facing me, staring. A presence directly looking at me. All I could see was eyes.’ She then said she felt the splash as the acid was thrown in her face and ran home shouting ‘acid, acid’. Naomi Oni, pictured after the attack, speaking in an interview in which she said she was attacked by a person wearing a veil covering their face after getting off a bus in Lodge Avenue, Dagenham, on 30 December . She said: ‘I immediately felt that someone was trying to kill me and so my instinct was to run as fast as I could to get home. ‘I . felt, it wasn’t burning, it was a dissolving type of sensation. It was . on my face and I remember,  as I had my mouth open screaming, it burnt . my tongue.’ Mary Konye was born on 20 February . 1992 in Newham, east London. Her father died when she was just two . leaving her mother a single parent looking after her only child. She gained eight GCSEs before studying for A-Levels in Sociology, Media, . Business and Psychology at St Angela's Ursuline School, a Catholic . secondary school for girls in Forest Gate. She . spent another year at Southgate College doing A-Level retakes before . winning a place at the University of Hertfordshire, studied accounting . and finance in business. CCTV footage obtained by police after the attack showed a figure in a niqab following her as she left work at the Westfield shopping centre in Stratford at around 11.30pm . Konye held down jobs in retail at New Look, Forever 21 and Next while studying. She . was one term and an exam away from earning a BA honours degree when she . was arrested last April for throwing acid over Miss Oni. When she first appeared in court last May she applied on bail on the basis she was a regular churchgoer. Naomi Oni was born just nine days . earlier than Konye on 11 February 1992 and had a far less turbulent . childhood than her friend. Miss Oni pictured before the attack . They became friends from an . early age and Miss Oni, blessed with good looks, was encouraged by Konye . to pursue a career in modelling and the fashion industry. Miss Oni was less successful in her education and she dropped out of sixth form. She . found a job at Victoria's Secret lingerie store in Westfield Stratford . City and worked there full-time until Christmas 2013. She would often be put on late shifts, finishing at 11.30pm at night. The aspiring make-up artist was being chased by several admirers and rowed with Konye about the attention she was getting. After Miss Oni fell pregnant she confided in Konye that her boyfriend at the time, was not being supportive. Konye told him to provide the support Miss Oni needed. But Miss Oni was angered after learning that her friend had interfered with her relationship and the pair fell out. Six . months later they made up, but by then Konye had told college friends . at Southgate that she wanted to throw acid over Naomi and that she would . wear a niqab to disguise herself. After becoming friends in year 8 at St Angela's Ursuline School they had a 'typical' relationship during their teenage years. Both admitted during the trial they would regularly fall out but then patch up their differences.
looks. Naomi Oni said Mary Konye was 'obsessed' with her, attempting to steal her boyfriend said Konye - who will be sentenced next month Snaresbrook Crown Court last week - copied her before attempting to 'destroy' her . Konye was them, hatched a plan to attack her with acid . Konye doused her with concentrated sulphuric acid disguised herself in a Muslim veil to stalk her around 11.30pm. Konye faces jail after she was found guilty of the acid attack at Snaresbrook said: 'She had copied my entire life - now she wanted my boyfriend.' Giving evidence in court Miss Oni described how, on her way home, she got