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hehehe, I knew you couldn't resist... I guess we Americans don't have a lock on wierdness... this is from an Australian Newspaper, The Sydney Morning Herald...
NATIONAL
Life in prison for skinning partner
By Greg Wendt
Cruel and evil, she showed her victim no mercy. And yesterday Katherine Knight, who murdered her de facto - and, in a nightmarish ritual of death, skinned him, cut off his head and cooked parts of his body - received no mercy for her horrifying crime.
The 46-year-old former abattoir worker now has the dubious distinction of becoming the first woman in Australia to be jailed for the term of her natural life. As he imposed the maximum penalty, Justice Barry O'Keefe's sentence was met with applause from the family of her victim, John Price.
"Katherine Mary Knight, you have pleaded guilty and been convicted of the murder of John Charles Price at Aberdeen on or about February 29, 2000," Justice O'Keefe told the hushed Newcastle Supreme Court. "In respect of your crime, I sentence you to imprisonment for life."
Justice O'Keefe said the last minutes of Mr Price's life must have been a time of abject terror. He said all the evidence before the court indicated they were a time of "utter enjoyment" for Knight. "She has not expressed any contrition or remorse and if released she poses a serious threat to the security of society."
Justice O'Keefe said the frenzied stabbing of Mr Price with a butcher's knife was pre-meditated and fell into the most serious category of murders. Her deadly intentions were triggered by Mr Price calling police on the Sunday before his death following an argument with Knight and taking out an apprehended violence order against her.
The judge said Knight went to Mr Price's house where they "had pleasurable sexual intercourse" before Mr Price retired for the night. "Not only did she plan the murder but she also enjoyed the horrific acts which followed in its wake as part of a ritual of death and defilement," he said. "At no time did the prisoner express any regret for what she had done or any remorse for having done it," the judge said. "Her attitude in that regard is consistent with her general approach to the many acts of violence which she had engaged in against her various partners, namely 'they deserved it'.".
He said these included slashing the throat of a former partner's eight-week-old puppy in front of him and smashing the false teeth of another.
After he did something which had displeased her during their six-year relationship, Knight videotaped a first aid box Mr Price had taken from his employment and sent the tape to his boss. As a result Mr Price was sacked from that job.
"The prisoner's history of violence together with her flawed personality cause me to conclude that she is without doubt a very dangerous person and likely, if released into the community, to commit further acts of serious violence, including even murder against those who cross her, particularly males," Justice O'Keefe said.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/0111/09/national/national31.html
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