Jury out in Bobbitt trial
The jury began considering its verdict in the case of Lorena Bobbitt, who is charged with malicious wounding for cutting off her husband's penis, Reuter reports from Manassus. The defence argued that she acted in a moment of madness after four years of being brutalised by her husband. She faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted.
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