Posted on 03/20/2007 11:25:58 PM PDT by Fred Nerks
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 on Tuesday.
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.
Bari, who had demanded a divorce before the attack, was permanently blinded.
Hadfi, a Moroccan, initially fled to Germany. He was 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 he 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.
"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 young wife, who had grown up in France.
Cabanes begged the jury for leniency, claiming his client's action "appeared to stem from a mental illness".
And he's a Muslim.
Another peaceful Muslim?
He needs to be blinded, branded, and then drawn and quartered.
ROP
Noted for when someone carves Jean-Pierre’s guts out.
"Cabanes begged the jury for leniency, claiming his client's action "appeared to stem from a mental illness."
His illness is that he's wicked.
incomprehensible for anyone to ever do this - except a Muslim.
Here in Texas, we had a guy who tore out his girlfriend's eyeballs, and ate them. He was found not guilty by reason of insanity, was in a state hospital. and released to a halfway house.
I think he is now back in Harris County, so I actually think the French got this one right.
I expected to see rare psychotic, but it's just the religion of pieces again.
No hot tar??
His illness is that he's wicked.
His illness is Islamania.
I'm usually not short of words, but this time I really can't think of anything to say.
Reminds me of the poor women in India and Bangladesh who are disfigured from having acid thrown in their face.
Is the guy Muslim?
[sarcastic question for Aria]
Correction-that happens in Pakistan:
http://www.pakistan-facts.com/article.php?story=20030605215543338
Well, in Han China they would have boiled him alive, but in water. Romans would toss the scoundrel to the lions [if there was a display for a coming public holiday], or would crucify him. Blinding, branding, drawing and quartering seems to be about right. Alternatively, a meat hook under a rib, and then use him as a tower clock pendulum above a small fire. On the top of an hour the door would be opened and he'd be allowed [prodded if need be] to shout "cuckoo".
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