A Queensland man, who raped and burned a woman during 23 days of systematic and depraved violence, is expected to be sentenced.

May 1, 2020

A Queensland man, who systematically raped and burned a woman during three weeks of drug-induced violence, is set to learn his fate.

Nicholas John Crilley, 34, was convicted in the Brisbane District Court of 54 offences after a 23-day assault on the woman in June 2017.

These included supplying a dangerous drug, rape, sexual assault, grievous bodily harm, serious assault, deprivation of liberty and torture.

His vicious attacks left the woman, who was 22 at the time, so severely injured, paramedics initially thought she was dead when they found her.

Prosecutor Sandra Cupina said Crilley had taken pleasure in subjecting the woman to physical and psychological violence, and he should be sentenced to life in prison.

“The horror (she) would have been experiencing is almost unimaginable,” Ms Cupina said during Crilley’s sentencing hearing last week.

The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, suffered burns to 46 per cent of her body, broken bones and deep lacerations.

Some of the skin on her face had also torn away and was so severely infected it was infested with maggots.

Paramedics found the woman “on the brink of death” in a semi-conscious state.

She was placed in an induced coma and spent eight weeks in hospital recovering, which included learning to walk again.

“I have been disfigured both mentally and physically. It is something I would not wish on my worst enemies,” she said, reading her victim impact statement to the court at the same hearing.

Crilley was taken into custody following a dramatic police chase involving several stolen cars.

It ended a month-long methylamphetamine-induced delusional state during which he falsely believed the woman had been part of a drive-by shooting that targeted him.

Crilley will be sentenced on Friday.