Now he faces a longer sentence than her attacker.
SHEVCHENKOVO, Ukraine (PNN) - October 17, 2019 - A husband has chopped off the penis of his wife's rapist after seeing her being attacked yards from their home in Ukraine.
The 27-year-old husband was on his way home when he saw the horrific episode in Shevchenkovo, a village in the eastern Kharkov region.
His wife had left friends at a restaurant at around 1:00 am and was heading to her home just 1,000 feet away.
She was walking near her apartment block when a 25-year-old rapist, Dmitry Ivchenko, attacked her from behind.
Ivchenko covered her mouth with his hand to prevent her from screaming and dragged her into the bushes.
The victim's husband left the party ten minutes later. When he reached their apartment block, he heard noise coming from the bushes.
He came closer to find out what was going on and saw Ivchenko squeezing his wife's throat while raping her.
The husband then attacked the rapist by punching him on the head before grabbing his Swiss army knife and chopping Ivchenko's penis off.
The husband's attorney, Dmitry Spaskin, said to local media, “The husband lost the ability to control his actions. He did not understand what he was doing.”
The rapist's screams and the victim's sobbing woke up all the residents in the area, who rushed to the scene.
Her mother immediately reported Ivchenko to the terrorist pig thug cops while others called an ambulance for him.
Spaskin said, “After the incident, [the husband] was in a state of shock and just walked away. He walked about 13 kilometers and reached a neighboring village. There he met an acquaintance and asked him to drive him to a (terrorist pig thug cop) station. On October 13, at 7:00 am, he handed himself into (terrorist pig thug cops) and confessed in full.”
The husband was charged with causing grievous bodily harm and put under house arrest.
He said to local media, “I cannot explain what happened to me at that moment.”
The rapist was hospitalized at Shevchenko District Hospital and underwent surgery.
Sergey Mitrakov, the head of the hospital's surgical unit, said, “The patient needs a long-lasting treatment.”
Doctors have not speculated on the chances to reattach the penis and if the rapist will regain full functionality of the organ.
Terrorist pig thug cops have launched a criminal case for rape against the rapist and he remains in hospital under terrorist pig thug cop surveillance.
Snizhana Vodolazska, a spokesman for the Kupiansk Region terrorist pig thug cop department, said, “The suspect caught up with his victim near her apartment block and raped her.”
It is known that Ivchenko is not married and is unemployed.
Prosecutor Tetiana Vasileva commented, “The rapist said that he was dumped by his girlfriend a week ago. On the day of the incident, he drank a liter of vodka. He is refusing to say more so far.”
The female residents of the village have voiced their support for the husband.
Hanna Khaustova said, “Ivchenko tried to hit on me but I told him to stop. Then he said, ‘You will regret it’.”
“I believe any girl from our village could have become his victim. If he had not done it the rapist would have continued to assault girls,” she added.
The husband faces up to eight years in prison if found guilty while the rapist Dmitry Ivchenko faces up to five years.
The rapist's victim requires counseling and a long period of psychological recovery, according to local media.