He is now an amputee.
A man was rushed to a hospital in Peru, his penis cut off by his partner with a kitchen knife while he was sleeping, we learned on Tuesday from judicial and medical sources.
“We are awaiting the results of the expertise to determine the motive and circumstances of the facts,” Darinka Lossio, prosecutor of the regional prosecutor's office in the town of Chota, in the Cajamarca region (north), simply commented to AFP.
The alleged attacker, aged 39, was not taken into custody because she has to look after the couple's three-month-old child, the same source said.
According to the local press, citing police reports, the events occurred during the weekend.
After an argument over alleged infidelity, the man who returned in a drunken state fell asleep and his partner then grabbed a kitchen knife to mutilate him.
Psychiatric support
Rushed to the regional hospital of Chiclayo, in the neighboring department of Lambayeque, the man “suffers from an amputation and received medical care and psychiatric support,” said a medical source.
“We want justice to be done.
My nephew had his manhood cut off,” the victim’s uncle told the local press.
This case is reminiscent of that of Lorena and John Wayne Bobbitt, who in 1993 in the United States had a worldwide impact.
Lorena had cut off the penis of her husband, who had raped her, while he was sleeping, she assured.
She was later found not guilty.
Once his penis was sewn back together during surgery, John Bobbitt embarked on a career as a pornographic actor, then as a priest.
Lorena Gallo, her maiden name, practicing Catholic, founded an NGO dedicated to victims of domestic violence.