PIO woman burnt hubby over affair
Sydney, Sept. 27: An Indian-origin woman told a court in Australia on Monday that she set fire to her husband’s genitals because she believed he was having an affair. The man later died of burns.
Rajini Narayan, 46, told the South Australian Supreme Court in Adelaide, that she poured petrol on her husband, Satish Narayan, 47, and set him on fire, Australia’s AAP news agency reported on Monday.
Rajini had allegedly been subjected to 20 years of physical and emotional abuse by her husband, but she still loved him and considered him as her “god”. Though she pleaded not guilty to the murder of her husband in 2008, the fire caused him 75 per cent burns and he died in hospital a few weeks later. The fire also damaged the couple’s house in Unley, a suburb of Adelaide.
She also told the court that her husband was having an affair and that she wanted to burn his genitals. The police found at the crime scene printouts of emails from her husband to another woman.
The defence counsel, Ms Lindy Powell, said even though Rajini suffered because of her husband, she still loved him. “More than loved him, she idolised him,” she said. Rajini went to their bedroom with a container of petrol and a candle.
As she approached him, she told him she had seen his emails and that she was going to burn his genitals and tell his family what he had done. Satish called her a fat, dumb bitch, Ms Powell told the jury. It was then that Rajini lost control and set him on fire.
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