A jury convicted a woman of drugging her estranged husband before cutting off his penis with a inch kitchen knife and throwing it in the garbage disposal. Catherine Kieu, 50, was found guilty Monday on charges of torture and aggravated mayhem for the attack, which occurred on July 11, She will be sentenced on June More from GlobalPost: Mars 'penis' draws snickers from across the internet. Prosecutors said Kieu and her husband, who is not being named because of the nature of the attack, had an argument at their California home.
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Prosecutors say an argument over houseguests led a Southern California woman to cut off her estranged husband's penis and put it down a garbage disposal. Catherine Kieu, 48, was charged Wednesday with torture in a case that has garnered international attention and could land her behind bars for life. Kieu appeared briefly in Orange County Superior Court in a navy blue jail jumpsuit, hiding her face with her long, dark hair. She was appointed a public attorney and denied bail. The petite woman whose chains clanked as she shuffled into the caged area of the courtroom where inmates are held will return to court July 22 for her arraignment, which was continued on Wednesday, and a bail review hearing. Kieu and her husband were still living together in a Garden Grove condo that he owned. He had filed for divorce in May, and they argued before the attack about friends staying at the condo, authorities said. The year-old man started to feel sick and went to lie down, then awoke tied to the bed as Kieu attacked him with a inch kitchen knife, police said. He underwent surgery and was listed in good condition at University of California at Irvine Medical Center, hospital spokesman John Murray said.
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After she laced her husband's food with an unknown drug or poison, he lay down, believing something was wrong with the food, according to police reports. Her husband then woke up tied to the bed as Becker cut off his penis with a knife. She then threw the genitalia in the garbage disposal and turned the disposal on, Lt. Jeff Nightengale of Garden Grove, Calif. Nightengale said the couple is going through a divorce, but could not confirm why Becker wanted to cut off her husband's manhood. Becker eventually called , asking for medical assistance. When firefighters and police arrived on scene, Becker told officials that her husband "deserved it," said Nightengale. Police found the man, who remains unidentified, tied to the bed and "bleeding profusely.
AP — A Southern California jury has convicted a woman who was accused of drugging her estranged husband before severing his penis and tossing it in the garbage disposal. Jurors found Catherine Kieu guilty Monday of charges of torture and aggravated mayhem for the July 11, , attack. During trial, the year-old victim testified that his penis could not be reattached and that he felt as though he had been murdered. Deputy District Attorney John Christl told jurors that Kieu, 50, drugged the man's tofu with sleeping pills and screamed "You deserve it! Kieu was jealous and angry about her husband's plans to divorce her because he was seeing his ex-girlfriend, the prosecution said. Audio of the incident was captured by a voice-activated recorder Kieu had hidden in the bedroom, Christl said. The man, who is not being named by the AP because of the nature of the attack, married Kieu after they met at a gym but soon subjected Kieu to verbal and sexual abuse, Kieu's public defender, Frank Bittar, said during trial. Kieu had mental health problems caused by a childhood full of molestation and other trauma in war-torn Vietnam and her husband also constantly demanded sex in ways that caused her pain, Bittar said.
