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Drugged man cuts off penis
Sydney Morning Herald ^ | September 19 2002 | Les Kennedy

Posted on 09/18/2002 10:34:37 AM PDT by dead

A man has undergone microsurgery to try and reattach his little finger, penis, scrotum and left hand - all which he cut off in an alleged drug-induced act of self-mutilation.

Police said the man was believed to be high on amphetamines. He attacked himself with a large kitchen carving knife during an argument with his wife at a home in the northern NSW town of Inverell.

The bizarre act of self-mutilation was witnessed by two ambulance officers who were called to the home at 2.30pm on Tuesday by the distraught woman after the man, aged 38, initially cut off the little finger on his right hand. Inverell police Inspector Dave Harrington said when ambulance officers arrived at the home, the woman ran from the house followed by the man, who was still armed with the knife.

The man then cut off his scrotum and penis before lopping off his left hand at the wrist-joint, just as Inspector Harrington and six other police officers arrived at the scene.

It took all seven officers to hold the man down while the ambulance officers applied pressure bandages to stem the bleeding.

Inspector Harrington said that had the ambulance officers not been on hand the man might have died from massive blood loss. "It is one of the worst things I've seen in 16 years," Inspector Harrington said. "Police have reason to believe he was affected by amphetamines at the time.

"The man was taken under police restraint by ambulance to the small Inverell Base Hospital, where two local doctors performed emergency surgery while they awaited the arrival of an Air Ambulance plane and a physician with the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service."

Inspector Harrington said officers recovered the severed body parts, which were later packed in ice in the hope they could be reattached with microsurgery.

The body parts accompanied the heavily sedated man on the Air Ambulance flight back to Sydney on Tuesday night.

On arrival at 10.30pm, the man was transferred to St George Hospital, where he underwent further surgery.

The hospital yesterday refused to reveal whether attempts to reattach the man's body parts were successful. However, the hospital did say that after the microsurgery the man was in a critical but stable condition.

Inspector Harrington said it had been a traumatic experience for ambulance and police officers involved.

"They [the police officers] have received some counselling today in relation to the incident," he said.


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To: Poohbah
Meanwhile, the WODdies kicked in all his neighbor's doors and shot them in their sleep, just to make sure nobody else repeat's his mistakes.
21 posted on 09/18/2002 10:49:54 AM PDT by dead
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To: dead
The have libertarians over there?
22 posted on 09/18/2002 10:49:56 AM PDT by CWOJackson
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To: dead
See, this would not have happened if drugs were legalized.</Sarcasm>
23 posted on 09/18/2002 10:50:04 AM PDT by TopQuark
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To: Howlin; Grampa Dave; Ed_NYC; MonroeDNA; widgysoft; iconoclast; Springman; FreedomPoster; ...
"Hold muh beer 'n watch this!" PING....

If you want on or off this list, please let me know!
This has come about after much badgering by you, my friends and extended family...

24 posted on 09/18/2002 10:50:15 AM PDT by mhking
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To: Delbert
loistics= logistics
25 posted on 09/18/2002 10:50:59 AM PDT by Delbert
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To: dead
I guess once he cut off his penis, he didn't have a use for his left hand anymore...
26 posted on 09/18/2002 10:51:37 AM PDT by malakhi
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To: Poohbah
The Libertarian Party issued a statement of support for this man, I'm sure--after all, he only harmed himself...

I don't have any problems with him attempting to remove any possibility of having progeny ... do you?

Supposing that you do, what would you prefer? That we criminalize the act of self-mutilation, or knife ownership generally? Or what?

27 posted on 09/18/2002 10:53:26 AM PDT by coloradan
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To: dead
Well when the damn thing kept winking at him with it's one good eye, he had to take care of business.

28 posted on 09/18/2002 10:53:42 AM PDT by amused
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To: dead
OMG, I heard that song years ago on Imus-before-he-went-national.
29 posted on 09/18/2002 10:54:06 AM PDT by hellinahandcart
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To: dead
A guy driving through Albuquerque a while back was high on meth and decided his son was the devil ...he cut off the kids head and threw it out the window....these things happen
30 posted on 09/18/2002 10:55:41 AM PDT by woofie
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To: coloradan
Actually, if someone is going to do something THAT whacked to himself, he might do something else even more whacked to someone else.

I mean, if the effect of the drugs was to reliably induce self-mutilation, I'd have no problem. Unfortunately, I've had to deal with people who were into other-mutilation courtesy of a bad trip. Not fun at all.

31 posted on 09/18/2002 10:57:08 AM PDT by Poohbah
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To: dead
A traumatic experience for the police? What do you think it will be for this guy when he sobers up? Perhaps someone can give him a hand.
32 posted on 09/18/2002 11:01:33 AM PDT by pankot
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To: Poohbah
99.9999% of amphetamines users do not cut their penises off.

It's a really nasty drug, though, from what I hear.

33 posted on 09/18/2002 11:02:14 AM PDT by dead
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To: angelo; SeeRushToldU_So; P7M13; Cagey; Argh; maxwell
I guess once he cut off his penis, he didn't have a use for his left hand anymore...

You know, amidst all the jokes on this thread, there is one well thought out comment.........

34 posted on 09/18/2002 11:02:52 AM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
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To: xsmommy
Made me think of the standard description of the ultimate homosexual with the pinkie on the right hand stuck out in the air and swishing around with his left hand on his hip while he's in drag.
35 posted on 09/18/2002 11:04:12 AM PDT by dixie sass
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To: Delbert
Possibly you lacked imagination.
36 posted on 09/18/2002 11:04:22 AM PDT by RipSawyer
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To: dead
Cybele-worshipper?

I thought her priests were only required to cut off...well, you know. Not their hands or fingers.

37 posted on 09/18/2002 11:04:58 AM PDT by hellinahandcart
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To: dead
Holy Chopping Block Batman!
38 posted on 09/18/2002 11:08:25 AM PDT by finnman69
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To: RipSawyer
LOL!!! or I lacked access to the good stuff. I am glad that me and my "friend" are still inseparable.
39 posted on 09/18/2002 11:11:07 AM PDT by Delbert
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To: dead
Somewhere in Australia a drug dealer said...PSSSTTTT?? Hey man,you want to buy some good sh!t? Man this stuff is so good you will cut your penis off.
And this guy bought some.
40 posted on 09/18/2002 11:14:04 AM PDT by Delbert
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