Published January 13, 2015
A jury in Fort Worth today convicted a man accused of abducting his ex-girlfriend and using a blowtorch and drain cleaner to torture her.
Forty-four-year-old Robert Drew Stephenson was found guilty of aggravated kidnapping, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and retaliation.
Now comes the punishment phase. Stephenson faces up to life in prison.
He was arrested last April after a 42-year-old Fort Worth woman told police he'd beaten, raped and tortured her during the 19 days he held her captive.
The woman said Stephenson hung her by her feet from a rafter, burned her back with a blowtorch, then poured drain cleaner on her.
Stephenson testified the woman's injuries were accidents — and the couple had a "volatile" relationship.
https://www.foxnews.com/story/texas-man-convicted-of-abducting-torturing-ex-girlfriend-with-blowtorch-drain-cleaner