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A teenage girl with learning difficulties was stripped and tortured after being kidnapped in Aberdeen, a court has heard. | A teenage girl with learning difficulties was stripped and tortured after being kidnapped in Aberdeen, a court has heard. |
Tammy McGregor, 19, was beaten and had hot water poured over her head at a flat in the city. | Tammy McGregor, 19, was beaten and had hot water poured over her head at a flat in the city. |
The High Court in Aberdeen heard Lee Holt, 27, and Donna O'Neill, 21, admitted assault causing severe injury and permanent disfigurement. | The High Court in Aberdeen heard Lee Holt, 27, and Donna O'Neill, 21, admitted assault causing severe injury and permanent disfigurement. |
The pair, both from Aberdeen, will appear for sentencing next month. | The pair, both from Aberdeen, will appear for sentencing next month. |
Ms McGregor's two-and-a-half hour ordeal began when she was lured to a tenement flat in the city's Park Road in September last year. | Ms McGregor's two-and-a-half hour ordeal began when she was lured to a tenement flat in the city's Park Road in September last year. |
Former lover | Former lover |
There the accused tied her up, beat her, slashed her with a knife, stubbed out cigarettes on her head and body and threatened to kill her. | There the accused tied her up, beat her, slashed her with a knife, stubbed out cigarettes on her head and body and threatened to kill her. |
Advocate depute Geoff Mitchell said Ms McGregor, who has a mental age of 12, was so terrified that she wet herself. | Advocate depute Geoff Mitchell said Ms McGregor, who has a mental age of 12, was so terrified that she wet herself. |
Holt was Ms McGregor's former lover and the court heard the attack happened after it was claimed she had spread rumours that he was a rapist. | Holt was Ms McGregor's former lover and the court heard the attack happened after it was claimed she had spread rumours that he was a rapist. |
You have both pleaded guilty to a case which will have everyone who hears about it utterly appalled Judge Lord Bracadale | You have both pleaded guilty to a case which will have everyone who hears about it utterly appalled Judge Lord Bracadale |
Judge Lord Bracadale told Holt and O'Neill that they had subjected their victim to a horrific experience. | Judge Lord Bracadale told Holt and O'Neill that they had subjected their victim to a horrific experience. |
Her face was so badly swollen doctors could not operate on her immediately and had to use a wheelchair for three months. | |
She also suffered a broken nose and jaw and needed treatment to cuts all over her body. | She also suffered a broken nose and jaw and needed treatment to cuts all over her body. |
Lord Bracadale said: "You have both pleaded guilty to a case which will have everyone who hears about it utterly appalled." | Lord Bracadale said: "You have both pleaded guilty to a case which will have everyone who hears about it utterly appalled." |
Sentence was deferred for background reports until 18 April. | Sentence was deferred for background reports until 18 April. |