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Three men who stabbed a man and doused him with acid over an online affair have been jailed at the Old Bailey.Awais Akram, 25, was disfigured after being attacked in Leytonstone last July for a relationship with Sadia Khatoon.
Her brother Mohammed Vakas, 26, of Walthamstow, was given a 30-year sentence for conspiracy to murder.
Mohammed Adeel, 20, of Walthamstow, and Fabion Kuci, 17, of Harlesden, got 13 and eight-year sentences for conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm.
A ban on naming Kuci because of his age was lifted after the sentencing.
The victim was targeted for his relationship with married Ms Khatoon, who he met on social networking website Facebook.
The court heard that when her husband Shakeel Abassi found out about it he persuaded her to lure Mr Akram to the attack scene.
He was then beaten and stabbed before sulphuric acid was poured over him. It left the victim with 47% burns and he nearly died, the court heard.
Judge Brian Barker said: "The facts of this case are horrifying. This was a remorseless and a heartless plan.
"It was to punish and kill Mr Akram in the most cruel and sadistic way. The reason can be deduced as being an unacceptable relationship with Sadia Khatoon."
He added: "This was deemed to bring dishonour to her husband and to both families."
Both Sadia Khatoon and Shakeel Abassi have since disappeared and are believed to be in the Islamabad area of Pakistan.
Mr Akram, who still needs medical treatment, has told the court how he was left in so much pain he wanted to die.
He was left blind in his right eye, suffered facial fractures and had to have both ears amputated.
'Like a zombie'
Prosecutor David Markham said earlier: "A witness was to see the victim as he begged for help, with his clothes in tatters and literally falling off him from the acid and blood coming from his nose and eyes and covering his bare chest.
"The witness told police the figure looked like a cross between a zombie from a horror movie and the Incredible Hulk."
The court heard the relationship did not go beyond kisses and touching as Ms Khatoon made it clear she "did want to have sexual relations"This article is from the BBC News website. ? British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.