Woman jailed after cutting off husband's penis

[qwertyaccount 15793]

http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/07/13/california.penis.knifing/index.html

 

(CNN) -- A Southern California woman was in jail Wednesday after allegedly drugging her husband, cutting off his penis, throwing it into the garbage disposal and turning it on, Orange County police said.

 

Catherine Kieu Becker put a drug or poison in her husband's dinner Monday evening to make him sleepy, according to the initial police investigation.

 

"The victim went to lie down and he woke up tied to the bed with his wife tugging his clothes off," police said. "The suspect grabbed the victim's penis and cut it off."

 

Becker told police he "deserved it" when they arrived at the scene after she called 911, the police report said. The couple is going through a divorce.

 

Becker, 48, was arrested for aggravated mayhem, false imprisonment, assault with a deadly weapon, administering a drug with intent to commit a felony, poisoning, and spousal abuse. She was booked into the Orange County Jail.

 

The 51-year-old victim, who hasn't been identified because he is an alleged victim of spousal abuse, underwent emergency surgery at the UCI Medical Center, police said.

[castle 38816]

Jesus.....call me crazy....I mean she had to be pretty wacko to cut it off in the first place.... but I think the garbage disposal was overkill.

[Boomer 33202]

Back in the mid nineties there was a case of the Bobbitts, she cut off her husbands penis. They found it and surgically reattached it. There was a lot of abuse in the marriage, and the jury acquitted her.

[Nathalie L 112512]

I wish there was more details on the circumstances of this alleged assault...! There must have been extenuating circumstances. I'm in no way defending her or her actions, but my gosh =S... Can't help but wonder what was going on.

[roamingguy 300292]

I wish there was more details on the circumstances of this alleged assault...! There must have been extenuating circumstances. I'm in no way defending her or her actions, but my gosh =S... Can't help but wonder what was going on.

 

There can't be extenuating circumstances explaining this IMHO, even without knowing details of the case. Certainly not self defence, he was drugged and restrained.

If the shoe was on the other foot and it was a man mutilating a woman, we wouldn't, and rightly so, accept any extenuating circumstances

What she did is nothing less than torture.

RG

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http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/07/14/california.penis.knifing/index.html

 

Read more about this story from CNN affiliate KTLA.

 

(CNN) -- Covering her face with her long dark hair to avoid television cameras, a Southern California woman accused of cutting off her husband's penis and throwing it into a garbage disposal appeared in an Orange County courtroom Wednesday.

 

In her first court appearance, Catherine Kieu Becker mumbled her response to the judge when asked if she understood she was due back in court for arraignment on July 22.

 

An initial police investigation alleges that Becker put a drug or poison in her husband's dinner Monday evening to make him sleepy.

 

"The victim went to lie down and he woke up tied to the bed with his wife tugging his clothes off," police said. "The suspect grabbed the victim's penis and cut it off."

 

Becker, 48, is charged with felony counts of torture and aggravated mayhem in the attack.

 

"The charges we have filed are some the most serious charges we could file short of someone being dead," said Susan Kang Schroeder with the Orange County District Attorney's Office.

 

Becker also could face additional charges.

 

"We're looking at toxicology reports," Schroeder told CNN affiliate KTLA. "They have not come in yet and we don't have the evidence at this point to charge her with the poisoning."

 

Becker is being held in the Orange County Jail.

 

Becker told police he "deserved it" when they arrived at the scene after she called 911, the police report said. The couple is going through a divorce.

 

Her husband underwent emergency surgery at the UCI Medical Center, police said.

[Lexy Grace 103696]

There can't be extenuating circumstances explaining this IMHO, even without knowing details of the case. Certainly not self defence, he was drugged and restrained.

If the shoe was on the other foot and it was a man mutilating a woman, we wouldn't, and rightly so, accept any extenuating circumstances

What she did is nothing less than torture.

RG

 

I have to agree. We don't know what drove her to commit such a horrible act but something obviously was not right in that household. I'm not defending her by any means violence is never right in any circumstance. She by drugging him thought this out in my opinion, so it was premeditated. I'm sure we haven't heard the last of this one.

[jafo105 39057]

This story reminded me of my ex-girlfriend.

One day we were fooling around and she took my penis in her hand and said it now belongs to me. That relationship ended the next day.

[Andee 220524]

This story reminded me of my ex-girlfriend.

One day we were fooling around and she took my penis in her hand and said it now belongs to me. That relationship ended the next day.

 

Did you at least get your penis back before you broke up?

[jafo105 39057]

Did you at least get your penis back before you broke up?

 

 

Yes Angela, thankfully I did. But I have been kitty shy ever since. lol

[Carley Chase 18985]

There can't be extenuating circumstances explaining this IMHO, even without knowing details of the case. Certainly not self defence, he was drugged and restrained.

If the shoe was on the other foot and it was a man mutilating a woman, we wouldn't, and rightly so, accept any extenuating circumstances

What she did is nothing less than torture.

RG

 

You are 100% right. This article blew my mind when I read it.

[Cato 160314]

You are 100% right. This article blew my mind when I read it.

 

Absolutely, Carley!

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http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/07/22/california.penis.knifing/index.html

 

Westminster, California (CNN) -- The arraignment of Catherine Kieu Becker, the Southern California woman accused of cutting off her husband's penis and throwing it into a garbage disposal, was continued Friday to September 23 at the request of her public defender.

Orange County Superior Court Judge Debra Carrillo also set bail at $1 million for Becker, 48, who had been held without bail since her arrest this month. She is charged with torture and aggravated mayhem.

 

The judge also rejected her attorney's request to bar cameras from the courtroom. Orange County Deputy Public Defender Frank Bittar unsuccessfully argued that the intense media coverage would jeopardize Becker's ability to get a fair trial.

 

Bittar also argued that the media coverage could lead to threats against Becker while in jail, but the judge said authorities aren't aware of any such threats.

 

When she entered the courtroom inside a defendants' cage, Becker draped her long black hair over her face to hide from cameras. She was shackled and dressed in a blue jumpsuit.

 

Though authorities said she speaks English, a translator spoke to her in Vietnamese during the court proceedings.

 

"At this stage in the proceeding, I believe what we have before me is a citizen accused and not someone presumed guilty," the judge told the defense in ruling against the camera ban request. She added: "There are no threats we're aware of."

 

After the hearing, Bittar declined to comment the day's events other than to say: "There's a lot more to the case than meets the eye."

 

The Vietnam-born Becker, who is also known as Que Anh Tran, is also facing special allegations, or sentencing enhancements, for great bodily injury and personal use of a deadly weapon, specifically a knife, according to the felony complaint.

 

If convicted on all counts, she would face a maximum sentence of life without the possibility of parole, prosecutors said.

 

An initial police investigation alleged that Becker, of Garden Grove, California, put a drug or poison in her 60-year-old husband's dinner on July 11 to make him sleepy.

 

Senior Deputy District Attorney John Christl said a toxicology inquiry looking into the alleged drugging should be completed in two to three weeks.

 

"I'd be speculating as to what the toxicology might show and what drug if any" may be involved, Christl told reporters after the hearing.

 

The defense sought the delay in the arraignment because Becker's attorney is new to the case and needs time to review police reports with his clients, Christl said.

 

Becker told authorities her husband "deserved it" when officers arrived at the scene after she called 911, the police report says.

 

The couple married in December 2009, but separated in April. The husband filed for divorce on May 16 in Orange County Superior Court, citing "irreconcilable differences," according to the divorce papers.

 

They have no children, and their only shared assets are a condominium and a 2010 Toyota Prius, court papers said.

 

He is listed as president of a fabric and design firm whose address is the same as his residence, court papers show. She recently submitted a license application to become a real estate agent, Christl said.

 

On the night of July 11, Becker and her husband argued about friends staying at their Garden Grove residence, prosecutors said in a news release.

 

Becker served her husband dinner, and after feeling tired at about 9 p.m., he went to bed, authorities said.

 

Becker then tied her husband's legs and arms to the four corners of the bed with nylon rope, according to the district attorney's office. As he woke, she pulled down his pants, grabbed his penis and severed it with a knife, prosecutors said.

 

Becker then took the penis to the kitchen, threw it into the garbage disposal and turned it on, "mutilating the organ," the prosecutors' statement said.

 

The husband underwent emergency surgery at UC Irvine Medical Center, authorities said. He has since returned home, but prosecutors weren't commenting on the husband's condition out of respect for his privacy.

The Orange County case has been widely compared to the1993 attack against John Wayne Bobbitt by his then-wife, Lorena, who cut off his penis with an 8-inch carving knife while he slept.

 

Lorena Bobbitt then drove away, tossing the penis out her car window. The penis was eventually found and surgically reattached.

 

Lorena Bobbitt was later found innocent by reason of insanity. During her testimony, she tearfully described her life at the hands of her abusive husband.

 

In a separate trial, John Wayne Bobbitt was acquitted of sexually assaulting his wife. He later made appearances on "The Howard Stern Show." He also made a number of adult films.

[capitalman 3861]

Didn't Bobbitt go on to make some porns and cash in on his bad luck? Maybe this guy will do the same.....but that garbage disposal grinder thing IS a bit of a problem!