WHEN Lorena Bobbitt cut off her husband’s penis with a butcher's knife, it made headlines worldwide. It is just over 30 years since she went on trial for the shocking crime, which saw her attack husband John , before driving off with his member and throwing it out of a car window. Police later retrieved it from a field and put it on ice in a hotdog box, before surgeons were able to reattach it following a nine-hour operation.
Both went through court cases that laid bare the violence and lack of trust in their four-year marriage. The-then 24-year-old manicurist Lorena claimed her husband John Wayne Bobbitt raped her before he fell asleep that night, prompting her to take a knife to his groin. But the former US Marine John was found not guilty of marital sexual assault and maintains that he did not abuse her.
He later used his fame to launch a stint as a porn star - and even formed a rock band called The Severed Parts. And after undergoing 45 days of psychiatric examinations, Lorena was acquitted of malicious wounding after the court concluded she was temporarily insane, which led her to mutilate her husband while he slept. Now, a new ITV documentary reveals the extraordinary case is actually one of many and explores what really drives such unique acts of violence.
The one-off film, called I Cut Off His Penis: The Truth Behind The Headlines, which airs tonight, hears the personal testimony of both women and men who have witnessed and felt the impact of this act, known as peni.
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