He escaped alive, but with horrific burns over a quarter of his body, and a disfigured face.

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Penny Loker, 31, was born with hemifacial microsomia and Goldenhar Syndrome, two birth defects that left her with a disfigured face.

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The prosecution case is that the restaurant worker strangled her, dumped her body at Woburn Golf Club and then disfigured her face with a yellow steering lock.

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The practice of acid attacks in Pakistan leaves victims - who are mostly women - horribly disfigured in the face.

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The lessons were before the transplant, when her face was so badly disfigured, but still he fell in love with her.

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He moves painfully on crutches, face and body scarred and disfigured with burns.

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In 2007, a French team performed the third partial facial transplant on a man who was disfigured by a genetic disorder that created large tumors on his face.

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