That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard..."
Posted on 03/08/2010 4:10:25 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
A postal inspector went on trial in France today accused of chopping his wife’s head off because she refused to have children.
Philippe Cousin, 53, said he suffered a ‘mid life crisis’ when he approached his half century without a son or daughter.
He blamed it on his 47-year-old wife, Nicole, who was still a virgin despite having been married to him for more than 21 years.
On April 16th 2007, Cousin telephoned his local police station in Arras, northern France, and told an officer: ‘Excuse me for disturbing you, I’ve killed my wife.’
In a fit of rage following a domestic argument, he had taken a kitchen knife to her neck before slicing her head off.
This morning he appeared before a judge at the Pas-de-Calais assizes at Saint-Omer, near Calais, facing life in prison for murder.
He denies the charge, pleading diminished responsibility, but faces life in prison.
The court heard how Cousins also told police: ‘I’m sorry for the work which I’ ve given you.
'My wife shouted my name out, I decapitated her. You realise that, and I’m not mad!’
While on remand he said his wife’s inability to have children lay at the heart of the couple’s domestic difficulties.
She feared that she would pass on her father’s multiple sclerosis through his genes, the court heard.
This meant that every time he tried to have sex he was rebuffed. An autopsy confirmed that Mrs Cousins was indeed a virgin when she died, even though she married aged 21.
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Where to begin....
Guess he was looking for some head?
“He blamed it on his 47-year-old wife, Nicole, who was still a virgin despite having been married to him for more than 21 years.”
I gotta be honest. He showed remarkable restraint.
Horrific.
>>Guess he was looking for some head?<<
Don’t stick your neck out or anything, just because the guy went postal...
Remained a virgin for 21 years? The wife probably chanted to him everytime: “honey, it’s not you....it’s me”.
That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard..."
You would think that after oh say, 20 years he might have had gotten a clue.
Were either one of them keeping their oars in the water?
Well, that’s a good reason to murder someone, not.
The guy should have got a divorce. No killing.
Just another ‘honor killing’.
The guy should have got a divorce. No killing.
Ha! You stole my line!
This guy is definatly doing it wrong.
I’m inclined to agree with you.
Guess he was looking for some head?
The woman had principles.
maybe she was like monica lewinski
As we wrap our heads around the claim that he never had sex for 21 years with his 'virgin wife'. WTF?
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