Posted on 07/21/2005 10:23:53 AM PDT by Rodney King
The trial began Wednesday for a woman accused of slicing off her estranged boyfriend's penis. Delmy Margoth Ruiz said she attacked her ex-boyfriend because he had been unfaithful and had physically abused her.
Rene Aramando Nunez, 34, took the stand to explain to jurors how his longtime girlfriend, Ruiz, 49, mutilated him.
Ruiz, a Salvadoran immigrant, was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after police said she cut off 80 percent of Nunez's penis with a kitchen knife on Oct. 29, 2004, as he slept at a northeast Houston home he co-owned with Ruiz.
If convicted, Ruiz could be sentenced up to 20 years in jail.
Nunez, the prosecution's second witness, told the jury through a court translator that he was not awake when his penis was cut off.
He said he and Ruiz lived together in a house they co-owned until she accused him of assault in 2003.
Nunez admitted that he had pleaded guilty to assaulting Ruiz, but said he had only grabbed her arm to protect himself after she threw a telephone at him. He said he never hit her. He was placed under a restraining order.
Nunez testified that he went to the house after work to deliver papers to transfer his stake in the house to Ruiz. He said he fell asleep on her bed while she was making coffee. He testified that he awoke to a burning sensation in his crotch and then passed out. When he came to later in the hospital, he learned his penis had been severed.
Under cross-examination, Ruiz's attorney accused Nunez of raping his client that morning. Nunez denied it and said he had never been violent with Ruiz in the four years they had known each other.
Ruiz's sister took the stand Wednesday afternoon. She testified that she heard Nunez crying that morning and found him doubled-up on the bed with a bloody towel covering his groin.
Prosecutors plan to present 10 witnesses. The case could go to the jury as early as Thursday.
The couple lived together in the United States for about four years, but is not believed to be legally married. Detectives said Ruiz was still married to another man in her homeland of El Salvador in November 2004.
Nunez has had two skin grafts and faces more reconstructive surgery to replace his penis.
SEVERED PENIS PING!!
I've never supported the death penalty before but now I understand how it can be necessary. We can't risk this women being allowed back on the streets.
I bet he did the sister.
Married him to get citizenship?...then went for the house?
Sounds like a great candidate for the violent Marasalvatrucha MS-13 El Salvadorian gang...that operates inside CONUS and is said to smuggle many OTMs into the USA
Shades of Lorena Bobbitt!
This is like, so '90's!
Yeah,
He's unfaithful to her,
SHE'S unfaithful to her hubby....
ACK!
Felony stupid.
Yeah, that would explain it.
Now maybe I read too fast, but does the article explain why she's now his "ex-girlfriend"? Just wondering....
What does he do now? Sing with the Vienna Boys Choir? Or work as a guard at a Nevada bordello?
I agree with you. Except I first though she cut it off while being attacked. In that case, I would also give her a break. Since that isn't what happened she should fry.
Ouch! ouch ouch ouch.. this makes me cringe.
[Freepmail me to get on or off this Not-A-Ping-List.]
To the tune 'Venus':
Got it on the mountain top
Running like a chick insane
The summit of brutally done
And Bobbit was her name
She's Bobbit
Yeah, baby, she's Bobbit
Got your penis, in the fire
squeel her tires
Well, got your penis, in the fire
squeel her tires
/ end horrible altered song lyrics.
"Is that a severed penis in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?"
' he was not awake when his penis was cut off'
Yep, thats when it always happens. It's a good thing he woke up afterwards.
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