Penis chopper off to the cooler

A southern California woman convicted of cutting off the penis of her then-husband and throwing it into a garbage disposal was given a life sentence yesterday with the possibility of parole after seven years, authorities said. Catherine Kieu and her husband were going through a divorce at the time of the July 2011 incident, which was widely compared to the 1993 attack against John Wayne Bobbitt by his then-wife Lorena, who cut off his penis with an 8-inch carving knife while he slept. Kieu laced her husband's dinner with the sleep medication Ambien after they had an argument over a friend possibly staying with them at a later date. When the husband went to sleep, Kieu tied his legs and arms to the four corners of the bed, and when he awoke, she pulled down his pants and severed his penis with a knife. Kieu then threw the severed penis into the garbage disposal, turned it on, and mutilated it. You don't just cut off someone's privates like that, especially if it was over something as stupid as whether or not a friend should stay for a few days. But because Kieu, who is a native of Vietnam, didn't know any better, she will be serving seven years to life for one felony count of torture, one felony count of aggravated mayhem, and a sentencing enhancement for the personal use of a knife. I hope that gives her enough time to reflect on her nasty lapse in judgement.