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Katherine Knight: An Australian woman who, in 2000, murdered, skinned, dismembered and cooked her husband, and attempted to feed him to his adult sons (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Knight

She was the first woman in Australia to be given a life sentence without any possibility of parole.

(Edited to add the link. I did add it originally, but I guess it doesn't post it if you also write in the body of the post? 🤷‍)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

On the whole, I'd say his actions were only foolhardy with the benefit of 20/20 hindsight.

I’d say the waking up to a woman who stabbed you in the chest a day ago apologizing and trying to have sex with you is when you get the fuck out and call the police.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

And risk upsetting her.

He was a domestic abuse victim and was aware of the stakes. Turning her down, running away, or calling the cops could have set her off.

What he didn't know was that she didn't need to be set off, she was crazy enough to kill him even if he complied and did everything he could to assuage her.