A suspected rapist was burned with a hot knife during a five-on-one attack captured on video, a court has heard.

An 18-year-old woman — described in court as cognitively delayed — pleaded guilty to aggravated assault for her part in the March 13 attack and was sentenced Wednesday to two years in jail.

Judge Lynn Stannard called the attack video "disturbing, sad, terrifying, and difficult to watch."

Court heard the victim was assaulted after he allegedly raped a young girl at a Spence Street drinking party.

A portion of the attack was captured on an iPod video, during which time the victim could be heard screaming "I didn't do anything" while others yelled "burn him, burn him."

A knife heated on a stove element was used to burn the man's face.

The man escaped and called 911. The man was unco-operative with police, who were ready to abandon the investigation before they recovered the iPod and video from a female party-goer.

Court heard the accused had been drinking and taking pills for two weeks prior to the attack.

"She is pretty surprised by what she did," said defence lawyer Wendy Martin-White. "She has been remorseful from the start."

Martin-White said the woman spent her entire life in foster care and had previously been sexually assaulted be a male relative.

"You can imagine what was going through her head when she came across what she did," Martin-White said.

The woman has been in custody since her arrest shortly after the attack. Her sentence — which includes an additional two years supervised probation — is on top of time she has already served.

An adult co-accused and two youth co-accused remain before the court. Charges against a third adult co-accused were previously stayed.

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