WHITWELL, Tenn. (AP) - A woman bit off a man's testicle during a domestic dispute, Marion County Sheriff Ronnie Burnett said. "I've been in law enforcement 25 years ... and this is one of the strangest cases I've seen in 25 years," the sheriff told WRCB-TV of Chattanooga. The incident happened Monday evening. William Reese, 54, and girlfriend Tommie Burnette - who is not related to the sheriff - got into a fight. Burnette, 39, had marks on her face and ears after the fight. Reese said Burnette had bitten his leg and private parts. Authorities say the women bit off a testicle and threw it away. Reese was treated at Grandview Medical Center in Jasper. Reese and Burnette were released from the county jail bond, and have a March 3 court date.
But on the bright side: New Delhi - India's Supreme Court on Tuesday upped punishment to first degree murder for fatal injuries to the testicles. The court ruled that if a person, with an intention to kill, fatally injured another on "the private parts", the accused would be charged with murder. The ruling came during a criminal hearing on the verdict of a lower court where a convict had been charged only with culpable homicide not amounting to murder for kneeing a man in the testicles, killing him instantly. "The evidence of the doctor clearly shows that the death was caused due to neurogenic shock resulting from injury to testicles and scrotum," a two-judge bench said, handing down a final verdict in the criminal case. "This is a case where the conviction should have been under Section 302 (first degree murder)," the court said. The charge provides for bail and a maximum sentence of seven years with parole facilities. - Sapa-AFP
Well, there is a reason they're called "the guys".... I say that if anybody does anything to your nuts, you get to do whatever you want to them with no consequence...kind of like testicular insanity...
It has happened before: Woman bit off man's testicle during fight Thursday 7th December 2000 A mother-of-two has admitted to a court that she bit her friend's husband's testicle clean off after a night out descended into violence. The victim did not realise how badly he was injured until later, Newcastle Crown Court was told. The trouble flared after Denise Carr, 32, and Shelley Hutchinson, 20, went for a night out, leaving their husbands, who worked together at Lloyds TSB bank, babysitting at the Carrs' house on Tyneside. Stephen Duffield, prosecuting, said that when they got back Mrs Hutchinson went for a walk with Nathan Carr, 29, but on their return, Mr Hutchinson, 30, attacked his wife, grabbing her around the throat. When Carr tried to defend her friend, Mr Hutchinson attacked her, punching her in the face and then sitting on top of her. The court was told the defendant started biting her attacker "in order to get him off her". "The defendant was not aware she had bitten his testicle until after the incident," said Mr Duffield. Speaking after the hearing, Mrs Hutchinson said her husband, who was wearing jeans at the time, hadn't realised how seriously he had been injured. It was only after police arrived at the house in Old Durham Road, Gateshead, that Mr Hutchinson's testicle was discovered under a picture frame in the sitting room, she said. Mrs Hutchinson said the couple had been married only three weeks when the incident happened on October 16 last year but were now divorced. Mrs Hutchinson did not witness her husband's testicle being bitten but said the attack left his blood-stained jeans stuck to his legs. Carr was originally charged with wounding with intent but today that was reduced to affray, which she admitted. A joint charge of wounding with intent against Mr Carr was today dropped by the prosecution. The hearing was adjourned until January 8, 2001 for pre-sentence reports on Carr.
Well of course the sheriff and sick lady aren't related. Their last names are spelled differently. Bang up job by the AP!
True... if the next one who tried that found his family jewels under a picture frame. In the cases where it's <i>not</i> self-defense, though... these are not good times for guys. Getting run over by cars, or losing their (Rocky Mountain Oysters) and various other Bobbittizations... pretty soon y'all are going to be afraid to have anything to do with us.
For the life of me (and my sac), what I can't figure out is why on Earth some guy would go for the teabag move when he's fighting a woman. I mean, I don't even buy that's it's some deeply buried dominance move from our all-fours ancient mammal days (d'oh! evolution). Any critter that went for this teabag move would, as a rule, quickly go extinct.
