Man is jailed for pouring boiling oil on friend

Thursday 8th July 2010, 2:59PM BST.

Christophe Debieuvre was jailed for five years for the attack

A LABOURER has been jailed for five years for scarring his housemate for life after pouring boiling oil over his head during an alcohol-fuelled argument.

French national Christophe Debieuvre was jailed by the Royal Court for the attack on Andrew Muir who needed emergency treatment for first- and second-degree burns to his forehead, neck, chest, back and right hand.

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