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ADELAIDE, Australia – An Australian woman accused of setting her husband’s genitals on fire because she thought he was having an affair has been charged with murder.
Prosecutors said 44-year-old Rajini Narayan confessed to neighbors that she set her husband on fire on Dec. 8, 2008, after she saw him hug another woman.
She was initially charged with endangering life and arson but the charges were upgraded to murder after her 47-year-old husband, Satish Narayan, died from his injuries last week.
Prosecutor Lucy Boord said Narayan told neighbors she was a “jealous wife” but she hadn’t meant to kill him when she doused the sleeping man’s genitals with an alcohol-based solvent and then set him on fire.
‘It belongs to me’
Boord quoted Narayan allegedly saying: “I just wanted to burn his penis so it belongs to me and no one else. … I didn’t mean this to happen.”
The husband jumped out of bed and knocked over the bottle of alcohol, causing the fire to spread and resulting in 1 million Australian dollars ($711,000) of damage to their town house and an adjacent property, the Adelaide Advertiser reported.
Narayan was remanded in custody for psychological assessment and will reappear in court Friday. She has been charged with murder, arson and three counts of endangering life, as the couple’s three children were at home during the incident.
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Its a warning to all men. After Bobbit, we have Burnit.(bad joke I know) But seriously what was this lady thinking? “I didnt mean this to happen ” You are burning his penis? What didnt you mean..I feel for the kids. In one swoop, they lose both their parents. Sad
Saw this on the news just yesterday. Pointed it out to Evs who pretended to ignore me while I mock-threateningly implied he’d get the same treatment.
If the husband was cheating, I can understand her anger and pain – but her kids (and him as well) didn’t deserve the consequences.
And while this is a testament to the adage “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned” – I really do feel for those kids.
Me:Will you keep me updated what happens to this case? I am really curious. Do you know how old the kids are? Maybe the dh has been cheating on her for a long time and this was it for her.
i wonder why we forget sensible ways of doing things like talking it out or getting a freakin divorce if you cant do that.
for all you know he wasnt even cheating! geez!
i hope the kids are taken care of…
its such a mad mad world!
Me:It is a crazy world out there! Sigh
Thats fresh!! and all bad
Actually, to think of it, she could very well claim insanity as an excuse and get away with it. Jealously did drive her mad, right?
woah…what a candidate for “not guilty by reason of insanity”!
M
Me:I’m not aware of Australian laws. Do they have the death penalty there? Maybe she will time in mental psych hospital or something. I dont think anyone will shout, “Its only for my use” Well anyone sane..
The cynical side of me says it’s better for the kids to be WITHOUT a mom like that!
Me:Suki, That’s one way of looking at it. But still imagine those kids growing up and reading this news. Poor things!
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Me:Am going to read it now.
LOL……This has to be the WTF news of the year…and I found the Bobbit/Burnit joke totally funny…..but seriously this whole thing is a little sad..
Me:I know.. its so sad that you dont know whether to laugh or cry.
This is wrong on so many levels thats its not even funny. So its ironic that I laughed quite a bit at this story.
Apart from all the valid points other commentors have left, I have to wonder how much is sensationalism and how much has been left out of the story ? No woman burns her husband’s genitals without some sort of psychological issues YKWIM ?
Then again, human beings never cease to surprise me.
Priya.
Me:I dont know. But it does sound crazy doesnt it?
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Poor sad demented woman and poor children if they have any .
Me:She has 3..sigh
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Oh my god. What is the world coming to. I pity the kids
Me:sigh me too!
little too much detail media comes with these days…woah
bad for kids.
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