A pregnant woman watching Eastenders had a kettle of boiling water and sugar poured over her leg by her boyfriend, she told a jury, but he said it was a small amount of water that accidentally fell and blamed a slope in the room.

A pregnant woman had a kettle of boiling water and sugar poured over her leg by her boyfriend, who also threatened that he would kill her and bury her in the woods if she cheated on him, she claimed yesterday.