'Penis-pulling' wife dies
2005-05-27 09:35
Phnom Penh - A Cambodian man, tired of his wife's habit of waking him up by yanking his penis and testicles, finally had enough and wrung her neck, police said on Friday.
Deputy provincial police chief of northeastern Kratie province, Chhoub Chenda, said In Thoeun, 38, fell asleep after drinking on May 20, and when his wife Touch Svet, 29, came to wake him up in her usual painful way, his temper apparently flared and he grabbed her by the neck, killing her instantly.
"She woke him up once this way, but he didn't stay awake and instead fell asleep outside under a tree. She did it again and he lost his temper," Chhoub Chenda said.
He said the man had then allegedly hung her body from the tree and tried to pretend it was a suicide, but police were suspicious and the man subsequently admitted to the crime.
"He is very remorseful. They have a child. But he could not bear to be woken up like that any more," Chenda said.
Thoeun faces up to 20 years in jail if convicted of murder. - Sapa-dpa
- SAPA