direct to your inboxA homeless couple have been jailed for torturing a man with a hot iron after he let them stay in his flat.Michael Rowbotham, 44, and Natalie Wightman, 39, tied up their victim's feet and wrists with a belt before using weapons such as an iron, a lighter, a hammer and a knife to injure him.Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court heard how the couple, who were both addicted to drugs, burnt the man's feet, slashed his knee caps and pressed a hot iron to his cheek.In a victim statement, the man said he is now too scared to leave his house, and has permanent scars etched across his body which act as a constant reminder of his ordeal.The victim had allowed Rowbotham and his girlfriend Wightman to stay at his flat in.
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