Reephdweller
05-22-2003, 07:10 AM
Penis 'slasher' sentenced
21/05/2003 17:01 - (SA)
Cape Town -
A woman has been jailed for 12 months after trying to rip off a neighbour's penis and then attempting to slice it off with a blunt pocket knife, the Cape Argus reported on Wednesday.
Violet Horsban, 44, was convicted in the Calitzdorp magistrate's court, last week of assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm after attacking the man in January.
Calitzdorp police spokesperson Neels Lerm said Horsban's 22-year-old son, Manie, who allegedly held the terrified man down while his knife-wielding mother tried to remove his penis, was also accused but charges against him were later withdrawn.
Lerm said Mrs Horsban left four slashes in the man's penis but was unable to amputate it with the blunt blade.
The paper said Horsban launched her attack during a heated argument on a smallholding outside the town. The cause of the argument was not revealed in court.
The shocked victim, who asked police to withhold his name, was rushed to Oudtshoorn Hospital where his penis was stitched up.
Magistrate Errol Thomas sentenced Horsban to 18 months imprisonment of which six months were suspended for five years.
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21/05/2003 17:01 - (SA)
Cape Town -
A woman has been jailed for 12 months after trying to rip off a neighbour's penis and then attempting to slice it off with a blunt pocket knife, the Cape Argus reported on Wednesday.
Violet Horsban, 44, was convicted in the Calitzdorp magistrate's court, last week of assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm after attacking the man in January.
Calitzdorp police spokesperson Neels Lerm said Horsban's 22-year-old son, Manie, who allegedly held the terrified man down while his knife-wielding mother tried to remove his penis, was also accused but charges against him were later withdrawn.
Lerm said Mrs Horsban left four slashes in the man's penis but was unable to amputate it with the blunt blade.
The paper said Horsban launched her attack during a heated argument on a smallholding outside the town. The cause of the argument was not revealed in court.
The shocked victim, who asked police to withhold his name, was rushed to Oudtshoorn Hospital where his penis was stitched up.
Magistrate Errol Thomas sentenced Horsban to 18 months imprisonment of which six months were suspended for five years.
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