Branded with heated hair tongs

A divorcee left her lover with serious burns after attacking him with hair straighteners while he lay in bed, a court heard today. Tavya Bywater, 35, gave then boyfriend William Lord second-degree burns after a domestic argument on May 30 last year. The Old Bailey heard how the couple caught a taxi home after drinking at a pub and then started arguing. A verbal exchange led to Mr Lord holding his girlfriend’s neck and pushing her head into a pillow…