Woman stands trial for trying to cut off genitals

June 25, 2015 8:13 AM

PHILIPSBURG--A 31-year-old woman was given a suspended prison sentence with community service, aggression-replacement training and psychological counselling on Wednesday for attempting to cut off her husband's genitals with a razorblade while he was sleeping.

 
The woman was charged with infliction of severe injury in the February 26, 2014, incident in the couple's bedroom. The heavily bleeding man was taken to St. Maarten Medical Center for treatment. The cut required several stitches.
 
The victim assured he had fully recovered from his injuries. "Everything is fine," he told the judge with a smile.
 
The couple have been in a relationship for 14 years and seem to have a long history of disputes and arguments, mainly caused by jealousy.
 
The man told the police he had made some "mistakes" during the early stages of their relationship. He had been unfaithful to his wife, but not during the past eight years. Despite this, his wife had lost her trust in him and regularly accused him of having relationships with other women.
 
That night in February 2014, the victim came home around 1:00am.
 
Instead of the usual argument, his wife did not start a fight that time.
Instead, she wanted to have sex with him. After they had intercourse he fell asleep. He woke up again when he felt pain and saw a lot of blood, the victim told the police.
 
According to the woman, she had seen her man with another woman. He had wanted to have sex with her when he came home, which she declined. He then raped her and she had wanted to hurt him and took his razorblade to cut his penis off. When he woke up he started to scream and she ran away.
 
The woman and the couple's two younger children had been living at Safe Haven for some time. In the meantime, the couple has reconciled and is reunited again. However, not everything seems to be hunky-dory. "We're still arguing all the time and fighting as well, but not with any weapons," the defendant told the judge.
 
Experts did not find that the woman had any psychiatric disorders, but recommended psychological counselling.
 
Prosecutor Tineke Kamps said the couple had been in a "very unhealthy" relationship and deemed severe mistreatment proven. "Suspect did not want to kill her husband, she only wanted to hurt him," the Prosecutor said in calling for six months suspended, with three years' probation, 80 hours of community service and psychological counselling.
 
Attorney-at-law Geert Hatzmann said his client and her husband had a case of "Anguilla love" in which partners turn each other's lives into a living hell, but at the same time cannot live without each other. The lawyer deemed three months suspended, with aggression-replacement training (ART), a more suitable punishment.
 
The judge found the "very serious crime" proven and imposed nine months suspended, with three years' probation, 40 hours community services, ART and counselling.
 
At the end of the trial the couple gave each other a big hug, after which they left the courtroom hand-in-hand.
 
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