Wife chops off her husband's penis and feeds it to the dogs to end years of abuse

Maria attacked her husband while he slept. Photo / Supplied

A woman beheaded her husband with an axe, before hacking off his penis with a kitchen knife after allegedly suffering "domestic violence for ages".

The Ukrainian woman, named only as Maria, strangled her husband before beheading him and severing his penis, later feeding it to dogs in the village of Obariv.

The 48-year-old told local police that her actions were "the only way out" after she suffered years of domestic violence.

Maria attacked her husband, Oleksandr, while he slept after a night shift.

The violent killing left Maria covered in blood. Photo / Supplied

After strangling him she decapitated him with an axe before hacking off his penis with a kitchen knife and feeding the severed member to her dogs.

She then ran to neighbour Nadezhda Opanasiuk's home, covered in blood, and admitted: "I am in trouble. I've killed my husband."

"I did not believe her," Opanasiuk said. " I thought they had a quarrel and she might have hit him. I went to see if he needed medical help.

"When I walked into the room, I saw his mutilated body. The bedsheets were soaked with blood."

"I asked her, 'Where's his head?', and she replied, 'there, in the sack''."

Maria put her husband's severed head in a sack. Photo / Supplied

Maria later made a full confession, citing constant physical and emotional abuse.

Her son Viktor Fesianov has disavowed her, telling local media: "'I know she is my mother. But I do not want to see her any more."

Maria's son wants nothing to do with his mother. Photo / Supplied

In the most infamous case of violent emasculation, John Wayne Bobbitt had his penis removed by wife Lorena in 1993 in a case that generated headlines around the world.

The case was covered in a popular documentary this year on the Amazon Prime streaming service, telling Lorena's story of surviving years of physical and sexual abuse.

John Wayne Bobbitt had his penis reattached after a frantic search found it in a field and he went on to perform in pornographic videos.

Lorena remarried and founded Lorena's Red Wagon, a non-profit organisation that helps victims of domestic violence.