Penis burning wife Rajini Narayan found guilty of manslaughter
[img alt=Rajini Narayan width=316 height=421]http://resources3.news.com.au/images/2010/10/11/1225937/249079-rajini-narayan.jpg[/img] Rajini Narayan leaves the Supreme Court. Picture: Greg Higgs Source: AdelaideNow
They instead ruled her crime - throwing petrol and a lit candle onto the back of her husband, Satish - was manslaughter.
Narayan - who has long maintained she had no intention to kill Satish - showed little reaction to the verdict.
Her lawyers told the court she had offered, prior to trial, to plead guilty to manslaughter.
Satish died 20 days after his wife confronted him about the suspected affair in their Unley home in December 2008.
Prosecutors alleged Narayan threw petrol and a candle on her husband's back, setting him and the house alight.
- [li]By Sean Fewster, Court Reporter [/li]
[li]From: AdelaideNow [/li]
[li]October 13, 2010 4:43PM [/li]
[img alt=Rajini Narayan width=316 height=421]http://resources3.news.com.au/images/2010/10/11/1225937/249079-rajini-narayan.jpg[/img] Rajini Narayan leaves the Supreme Court. Picture: Greg Higgs Source: AdelaideNow
- [li]Jury finds woman not guilty of murder [/li]
[li]But guilty of husband's manslaughter [/li]
[li]Had intended to "burn the tip of his penis" [/li]
They instead ruled her crime - throwing petrol and a lit candle onto the back of her husband, Satish - was manslaughter.
Narayan - who has long maintained she had no intention to kill Satish - showed little reaction to the verdict.
Her lawyers told the court she had offered, prior to trial, to plead guilty to manslaughter.
Satish died 20 days after his wife confronted him about the suspected affair in their Unley home in December 2008.
Prosecutors alleged Narayan threw petrol and a candle on her husband's back, setting him and the house alight.