 A MAN who ripped out his wife's eyes in a fit of rage was sentenced by a French court to 30 years behind bars today.
| That means 15, minus time served, extra time off for the holidays, hmmm, ... carry the nine, times six, fold in an egg and whip ... eight years max? |
Mohamed Hadfi, 31, tore out his 23-year-old wife Samira Bari's eyes following a heated argument in their apartment in the southern French city of Nimes in July 2003 after she refused to have sex with him. Ms Bari, who had demanded a divorce before the attack, was permanently blinded.
Hadfi, a Moroccan, initially fled to Germany. He was finally arrested and sent back to France, where he was indicted for "acts of torture and barbarity leading to a permanent disability". Prosecutor Dominique Tourette demanded that Hadfi be sentenced to 30 years in prison, two thirds of which must be served in full, calling the defendant a "diabolic torturer". Once his sentence is served, Hadfi will be deported and barred from ever returning to France.
His lawyer Jean-Pierre Cabanes meanwhile insisted there were extenuating circumstances.
| I'm not too sure what kind of extenuating circumstances there are for ripping out somebody's eyes. |
"This is the result of a marriage that was arranged, not chosen," he said, pointing to the gulf separating his client, who came from southern Morocco, and his more civilized young wife, who had grown up in France. Mr Cabanes begged the jury for leniency, claiming his client's action "appeared to stem from a mental illness."
| Yeah, let him go. He's probably just possessed by djinns or efreets or something. |
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