11:16 GMT, 27 June 2012 The Daily Mail
Chilling confession of professor who sliced off and ate wife's lip for asking for divorce
A respected Swedish professor who sliced off and ate his wife's lip after she asked him
for a divorce did it 'so she would never kiss again'.
The 52-year-old academic reportedly told investigators he planned to kill himself after the May
attack at their Stockholm home.
And he claimed the decision to devour his 32-year-old partner's lip was made 'spontaneously'.
Prosecutors said the professor, believed to be from Iran, flew into a jealous rage because she
'repeatedly' asked him for a divorce.
<a href="http://s1267.photobucket.com/albums/jj559/365Wildfire/?action=view&current=article-2165386-02EED1F700000578-167_468x286.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1267.photobucket.com/albums/jj559/365Wildfire/article-2165386-02EED1F700000578-167_468x286.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
The 'last straw', they said, was when she returned home from a trip he believed she had
taken with her new lover.
He said his wife was awake during the assault, and he told her he only wanted to punish, and
not kill, her.
Initially, he thought that by cutting her lip she would never be able to kiss again. But then he
started to worry doctors may be able to re-attach it.
And so he swallowed the flesh to stop that from happening.
Previously police wanted to charge him for attempted murder, as the assault was so brutal.
But the court sought to downgrade the charge to aggravated assault. His trial will start on July 3.
Chilling confession of professor who sliced off and ate wife's lip for asking for divorce
A respected Swedish professor who sliced off and ate his wife's lip after she asked him
for a divorce did it 'so she would never kiss again'.
The 52-year-old academic reportedly told investigators he planned to kill himself after the May
attack at their Stockholm home.
And he claimed the decision to devour his 32-year-old partner's lip was made 'spontaneously'.
Prosecutors said the professor, believed to be from Iran, flew into a jealous rage because she
'repeatedly' asked him for a divorce.
<a href="http://s1267.photobucket.com/albums/jj559/365Wildfire/?action=view&current=article-2165386-02EED1F700000578-167_468x286.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1267.photobucket.com/albums/jj559/365Wildfire/article-2165386-02EED1F700000578-167_468x286.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
The 'last straw', they said, was when she returned home from a trip he believed she had
taken with her new lover.
He said his wife was awake during the assault, and he told her he only wanted to punish, and
not kill, her.
Initially, he thought that by cutting her lip she would never be able to kiss again. But then he
started to worry doctors may be able to re-attach it.
And so he swallowed the flesh to stop that from happening.
Previously police wanted to charge him for attempted murder, as the assault was so brutal.
But the court sought to downgrade the charge to aggravated assault. His trial will start on July 3.
