A young woman was left with "terrible burns" after being doused with acid in a revenge attack orchestrated by her elderly former lover, a jury has been told.

Vikki Horsman suffered 8% burns over her body after she was doused with sulphuric acid in a horrific assault on the doorstep of a house on April 15, this year.

Her 80-year-old former lover Mohammed Rafiq, who is more than 60 years her senior, was described by the prosecution barrister Anthony Warner as "controlling".

Mr Warner said Ms Horsman had even converted to Islam and changed her name to Aleena Rafiq in 2013 to suit the old man, after starting a sexual relationship.

She had lost her mother and father in quick succession and "came to rely" on Rafiq, who bought her a car.

However, the Crown say Rafiq, of Cheshire Road, Smethwick, West Midlands, became unhappy with Ms Horsman's increasing independence and increasingly "obsessed" with her movements, even going through her personal possessions.

On one occasion, Mr Warner said Rafiq had sent her photos of used condom packets he had apparently found in her bedroom.

Rafiq, sitting in the dock listening to proceedings through earphones wearing a blue jacket and a shirt, denies inflicting grievous bodily harm with intent on Ms Horsman, alongside two other men.

The Crown allege he planned the attack with co-accused Shannon Heaps, 23, and 25-year-old Steven Holmes, who is said to have carried out the attack in the porch of a house in Tividale, West Midlands.

Heaps, of Queens Avenue, Tividale, and Holmes, of Allan Close, are standing trial at Wolverhampton Crown Court together with Rafiq, who also denies a charge of perverting the course of justice.

Mr Warner said Ms Horsman, a nursing home worker, described how she was told a man was at the front door of the house by Rafiq, who had himself only popped in a few minutes before the attack.

But when she opened the door "a black liquid" was doused over her, hitting her directly in the face and neck.

Mr Warner said: "She screamed loudly and felt a terrible burning pain".

As she was sent reeling backwards by the assault, the prosecution barrister described how the victim saw the skin on her face "blistering" in a nearby mirror.

But he added that Rafiq "may not have bargained for the fact that, in her terror, the victim of the attack would get some of the black liquid transferred to him" - the older man's defence is expected to say he was also a victim of the attack.

The Crown say witnesses and mobile phone evidence will prove Rafiq spoke and met with both Heaps and Holmes, in the hours beforehand.

Mr Warner told the jury they would also hear from a man who was present during a meeting between the three, hearing Rafiq tell Holmes he wanted the younger man to deliver "a gift to a girlfriend", and that Heaps would "show him the address".

The prosecution barrister added that before the attack on Ms Horsman, Rafiq handed a carrier bag allegedly containing the acid to Holmes.

The jury of seven women and five men were also told how one witness described hearing "a loud scream", with Holmes appearing moments later and telling them to "run".

Heaps and Holmes were also pictured on CCTV heading to and from the address, with the footage shown in court to the jury.

Mr Warner said it was the Crown's case Rafiq had later given witness statements to police which were "both misleading and untruthful" supplying them with the names of men unconnected to the assault, and false descriptions of the attackers.

Holmes, Heaps and Rafiq denied any involvement in the attack, with Holmes telling detectives: "I didn't do it."

Afterwards, Ms Horsman was treated for deep burns requiring specialist surgery to her face, neck, shoulders, and upper leg.

The prosecution barrister said she had "many years" of treatment ahead.

Jurors are expected to hear witness box testimony from Ms Horsman tomorrow.

The trial, estimated to last up to three weeks, continues.