Angry woman slashes husband's genitals

Daryl Slade, Calgary Herald
April 04, 2008

When Abigail London-Fife suspected her husband of infidelity, she pulled out a knife she had hidden under the bed and slashed his genitals and buttocks.
In a case that draws comparisons to Lorena Bobbit, who infamously severed her husband's penis with a kitchen knife in 1993, London-Fife suspected her husband was cheating on her and decided she was going to make him pay on Aug. 24, 2007.
On Thursday, she was handed a 12-month conditional jail sentence with house arrest for the first six months for the attack on Leonard Fife.
Provincial court Judge Judith Shriar and Crown prosecutor Deven Singhal expressed concern the woman should be treated in the same manner as a man who similarly assaulted his wife. She handed down her sentence after assurances from defence lawyer Patrick Lannan that that was his position, too.
"Regardless of what's going on in the home and background, you do not take two knives to the bedroom and stab your husband in the penis and buttocks," Shriar said.
"You knock a pot off the stove."
London-Fife, 35, pleaded guilty Jan. 16 to assault causing bodily harm to Fife.
Singhal previously told court that London-Fife believed her husband was cheating after she intercepted a series of phone calls.
He said she carried out the attack at night during an amorous fling. "It was a trust position," he said. "He was in a vulnerable position and she took advantage of it."
Singhal noted the victim sustained a 2.5-centimetre laceration to the shaft of his penis, a 15-centimetre laceration to his left buttock, a puncture wound inside his right thigh, a laceration to his scrotum, a 10-centimetre laceration to the back of his shoulder and 7.5-centimetre lacerations to both hands.
Lannan said the incident was out of character for his client.
"This is a one-off, not planned," he said. "This was a sudden outburst of rage, perpetuated by Mr. Fife's infidelity or thoughts of infidelity.
"It was inappropriate to use a weapon. It was not thought out."
He said his client has already been participating in anger management, domestic violence and family violence classes because of the assault.
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