TWO of the women responsible for the terrifying torture session, in which Basingstoke man Simon Christian had boiling water poured over him, have been caged for a total of 15 years.

Tamlyn Stanhope and Keeley Brewer were locked up for eight and seven years respectively for causing grievous bodily harm with intent, after their victim suffered what was described by a judge as a “truly terrifying ordeal”.

A 15-year-old co-defendant, who cannot be named because of her age, is to be sentenced at a later date, having failed to attend court.

Winchester Crown Court heard that on July 11 this year, Mr Christian turned up at 33-year-old Stanhope’s home in Mauritius Close, Popley.

Prosecutor Rob Welling said Mr Christian was “drunk and obnoxious” but added that the defendants then launched a physical attack on him, stamping on him and kicking him before hitting him over the head with a fryer, and pulling down his trousers to torture him with a bottle.

Brewer, left, an 18-year-old mother-of-two, from Oceana Crescent, Beggarwood, Basingstoke, recorded the abuse on her mobile phone – footage which was played to Southampton Crown Court where the duo were sentenced.

Mr Welling said: “Each took different roles and each understood and recognised what the other was doing, and over a period of considerable time, they tortured Simon Christian to the point where they ended up pouring boiling water over him on a number of occasions where he was in no position to defend himself.”

Neighbours heard the attack and one reported hearing the victim plead: “Please don’t burn me again”.

Police officers were called and they found Mr Christian at Stan-hope’s home in a “dishevelled state”, covered in blood. He was taken to Basingstoke hospital with lacerations to his head and badly burned, peeling skin.

Text messages sent by Brewer were read out in court, in which she bragged about the abuse, saying it was “too funny”.

Mr Welling said she also received a text advising her to clean up the evidence, to which Brewer respon-ded: “Blood’s gone and I don’t think he will remember.”

Adrienne Knight, defending Stanhope, said her client believed Mr Christian had tried to steal money and asked him to leave, but he had refused.

Both defendants claimed that Mr Christian had behaved in a provo-cative way, including urinating at the front door. Ms Knight said: “His behaviour was awful.”

Defending Brewer, Karen Demp-sey claimed that Mr Christian had “pinned down” the 18-year-old on a bed upstairs.

The court heard from their lawyers that both Stanhope and Brewer suffer from mental health problems, have low IQ levels, use drugs, and have been sexually abused.

Stanhope, right, was also said to be addicted to alcohol, although she claimed not to have drunk on the evening of the attack.

Brewer, Stanhope and the 15-year-old all pleaded guilty to inflicting grievous bodily harm with intent.

Stanhope also pleaded guilty to possession of cannabis with intent to supply, for which she received 18 months in prison, to run concurrently with her eight-year prison sentence.

Sentencing the women, Judge Paul Burrell said the attack was a way for Stanhope to “get justice” and “humiliate” Mr Christian after a “certain amount of non-violent provocation”.

He added: “You opened the door and launched a ferocious and cruel attack. All three of you lost control.”

The judge said Brewer had also shown little remorse.

He said: “The pouring of boiling water was quite horrific. Simon Christian could easily have died.”

He said both defendants appeared to have suffered sexual abuse from men in their pasts and that seemed to have been one of the issues in the assault.

The court heard Mr Christian now struggles to sleep, cannot trust people and needs “prolonged psychotherapy”.