IN what may be the most horrifying domestic violence case in Australian history – a woman has had her face held over a stove, burnt with a straightening iron, and had noughts and crosses drawn into her back with a knife before being sexually assaulted.

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The man, who has not been named, and his girlfriend had been together for more than a year when he held her face over a hot stove and struck her with a belt at a Sydney home.

But worse was to come as the man used a hot hair straightener to burn the woman.

He then peeled off her burnt skin from her arm and ate it while saying “mmmm”.

In horrifying court documents it was revealed the man used a 15cm knife to draw a game of noughts and crosses on her back before sexually assaulting her.

He has been sentenced to a maximum of 18 years in prison but will be eligible for parole after 12 years.

Blacktown police officers Constable Genelle Warne and Detective Senior Constable Elyse Houldin, who helped the woman take action against her ex-boyfriend, have been awarded for their work on the horrific domestic violence case.