A California prosecutor says a jealous wife yelled "You deserve it'' before severing her estranged husband's penis with a kitchen knife and throwing it in a rubbish disposal.
The Orange County Register reports a jury heard opening statements today in the case of 50-year-old Catherine Kieu, who is accused of
drugging her husband's tofu with sleeping pills and tying him to a bed before the attack.
Deputy District Attorney John Christl says audio of the July 11, 2011 incident was captured by a voice-activated recorder Kieu had hidden in the bedroom.
Deputy Public Defender Frank Bittar says Kieu's severely traumatic childhood in war-torn Vietnam, including rape by her older brother, caused mental illness that bars her from a mayhem or torture conviction.
- AP
