A British woman has been jailed after scalding her boyfriend with hot water, denying him food and stabbing him.

Jordan Worth, 22, a university graduate from southern England, has been jailed for seven and a half years for the shocking treatment of her partner, which lasted for more than a year.

Worth also banned her partner from their bed, decided what clothes he could wear, isolated him from friends and family and even took over his Facebook account, the Daily Telegraph reports .

She pleaded guilty to the new domestic violence offence of controlling or coercive behaviour in an intimate relationship, as well as wounding with intent and causing grievous bodily harm with intent, at Luton Crown Court.

The offence was made law in 2015 and Worth is thought to be the first person convicted, reported the paper.

The court heard there were “two sides” to Worth, who had volunteered for an animal charity and raised money for children in Africa.

Shortly after moving in with her partner, who she met at college in 2012, the fine arts graduate started to exercise control over him,

She became violent- despite the fact he suffered from hydrocephalus which is caused by a build-up of fluid inside the skull.

She used blunt objects to hit him, wounded him with a knife and didn't help him get to hospital for treatment, according to prosecutor Maryam Syed.

Neighbours saw him with black eyes, limping and with his arm in a sling.

For nine months he couldn't sleep in the same bed as her, the court was told, and neighbours in the village of Stewartby in Bedfordshire, north of London, reported hearing things being thrown as well as arguing.

They heard him shout: "Get off me, you are hurting me," and "Get off me. Get off my head. Don't keep doing that to my head."

Police were called to the house between April of 2016 and June 2017.

And when paramedics responded, they reported the man had burns on his arms and legs which had been treated with only cling wrap.

He was taken to Bedford Hospital's acute clinical unit and then to Addenbrookes Hospital, where, according to the court he had scalds to five percent of his body.

Worth was arrested.

Judge Madge told Worth that as well as the violence she had carried out on her partner she had refused him adequate bedding and food.

The court also heard the woman would "belittle" him.

"She accepts that she has in the past, on a number of occasions, used blunt objects and implements to strike him and that he suffered injuries as a result of her doing so,” Madge said.

“She accepts using boiling or hot water to cause injury to him. She accepts that she has in the past used a knife to cause injury to her partner.

"He suffered from hydrocephalus and had a vulnerable head and he became increasingly isolated.”