A Queens man whoburned his girlfriend's face with a hot iron while their three children watched got sentenced to 13 years in prison Wednesday by a judge who called the attack "horrendous and sick."
Eric Persaud apologized to his girlfriend and urged her to be a good mother to their young children.
"My actions were cowardly, and there was no excuse for losing my cool Lasak told Persaud for forcing the woman to turn up the heat on the iron so he could permanently scar her for calling the cops over an earlier attack.Prosecutors say Persaud, 36 went crazy on April 30, 2009, because he was upset that she'd called 911 a week before when he smashed her phone and computer. He promised to kill her if she called the cops again.When the woman refused to burn herself with the iron, Persaud stuck a towel in her mouth and burned her on both cheeks while forcing her to turn up the heat.
When that wasn't enough, he slashed her in the face with a razor blade, prosecutors say.
The woman spent 11 days in the hospital.