A judge sentenced a Southern California woman
who cut off her estranged husband's penis and tossed it in the garbage disposal
to life in prison with the possibility of parole.
Catherine Kieu, 50, was convicted by an Orange
County jury in April of aggravated mayhem and torture following the July 2011
assault on her ex-husband.
Kieu drugged her former spouse before tying
him up and severing his penis with a knife. She then threw it into the garbage
disposal unit.
An attorney for Vietnam-born Kieu argued at
trial that she had suffered sexual abuse as a child which left her with
post-traumatic stress. She was remorseful about the attack, he said.
After the sentencing hearing, the victim -
identified only as "Glen" - said he wished Orange County Superior
Court Judge Richard Toohey could have given Kieu more time behind bars, City
News Service reported.
"Deep down inside I was hoping for a
stronger sentence, but given the restraints of the law this is what he had to
do," he said.
"There may be a situation where I can be
happy, but whole? Never ... I've got a long ways to go."
Information from http://www.reuters.com was used in this report.
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