A woman who tried to burn her lover's legs and genitals with a hot iron during sex has been sentenced to nine years in prison.

Kenya Alozie, 31, from Nigeria, also used a broken bottle to attack her victim whilst they were at his home in Plumstead on May 15 of this year.

The man, aged in his thirties, needed hospital treatment and surgery after suffering deep cuts and burns.

Alozie was living with friends in Plumstead after arriving in the UK to study at Coventry University.

At the time of her attack Alozie's visa was due to expire and she was set to return to her family in Nigeria at the end of May.

After police launched an investigation officers managed to stop Alozie before she left the UK.

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She was arrested on an aircraft at Heathrow airport on May 24 and charged with GBH with intent the following day.

Detective Constable Duncan Clark from Greenwich police said: "Alozie committed a calculated and pre-planned attack.

"She ensured she had a broken bottle to hand and a hot iron to strike the victim and seriously harm him.

"The sentence imposed clearly reflects the seriousness of this extremely violent attack."