The fate of a prisoner is being considered by a parole board more than two decades after he was convicted of assaulting Lauren Huxley, dousing her in petrol and leaving her for dead.
Ms Huxley was 18 in November 2005 when 39-year-old Robert Black Farmer entered her home in Northmead, in western Sydney.
He bound and beat her then doused her in petrol, leaving her in a pool of blood and petrol as he set the property alight.
The teenager barely survived with horrific injuries, including permanent brain damage.
Farmer was sentenced to more than 24 years in prison in 2008.
The shocking case was brought to light again with the ABC's Australian Story in 2025 delving into the graphic details of the assault in which she was left nearly dead.
