Garden Grove woman convicted for cutting off estranged husband's penis
Public defender Frank Bittar said Catherine Kieu had been subjected to verbal and sexual abuse by the victim. He had also argued that Kieu had mental health problems caused by a childhood full of molestation and other trauma in war-torn Vietnam.
Kieu will be sentenced on June 28.
A Garden Grove woman has been convicted of torture and aggravated mayhem for cutting off her estranged husband's penis.
Prosecutors said Catherine Kieu, 50, carefully planned out the July 11, 2011, attack. She drugged her husband following an argument after he filed for divorce. Screaming, "You deserve it," she cut off his penis with a 10-inch kitchen knife and tossed it down a garbage disposal, prosecutors said.
During trial, the 60-year-old victim testified that his penis could not be reattached and that he felt as though he had been murdered.