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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He should have gotten a clue 25 years ago, when she replaced the “lady’s seat” on the Excercycle with a “racing” seat, and used it 3 hours a day...
No, but she’s ahead of the game.
It wasn't her *inability* to have children, it was her refusal to have them, and sex.
If she didn't want sex, she shouldn't have gotten married. Let the poor guy have a life with some other woman.
He could have had this marriage annulled, any sane man would have done so after the first several weeks of not getting any. Non consummation of a marriage is grounds for annulment in just about any country.
FReeRiders Gone Wrong PING
THIS STORY IS TOO BIZARRE ON SOOOOO MANY LEVELS....PING!!!!
My wife and I have a running joke. "Divorce is not an option, murder maybe, but not divorce."
No really, it's just a joke.
A capital jest!
Somehow I get the impression that the man did not know the details of impregnation.
I have to admit that I’m almost surprised to learn that she had the right equipment down there. 21 years and never a honeymoon experience. Had to wonder what she was keeping hidden.
The French are so much more sophisticated than we are!!
Le nuance!
lol
“It wasn’t her *inability* to have children, it was her refusal to have them, and sex.”
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I agree, that’s why somebody’s head had to roll over this situation./s
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