Woman Blindfolds Lover, Then Castrates Him With Pruning Shears in Shocking Bedroom Attack

On November 25, 2017, in Córdoba, Argentina, a woman invited her 42-year-old lover, Sergio F., to her residence. During their sexual encounter, she proposed that he wear a gray blindfold that fully obstructed his sight.

She then retrieved pruning shears she had concealed beneath the bed and used them to cut off his penis along with a portion of his testicles. Prosecutor Laura Battistelli stated that “with him blindfolded and her seated on his face, she waited until he became erect and then severed it.”Neighbors who heard his cries intervened and rescued him.

Medical reports described the injury as a complete traumatic transection of the urethra and the left corpus cavernosum. Surgeons successfully reconstructed his genitourinary system, enabling physical recovery, though he continues to experience lasting psychological trauma.Barattini first asserted that she had acted in self-defense after being raped.

She later revised her story, claiming she attacked him because he had distributed an intimate video of her. However, her internet search history revealed queries such as “how to sever the male member” and “woman cuts off penis,” which had been entered months prior to the incident. The jury rejected her explanations and convicted her of attempted homicide, imposing a 13-year prison sentence. Her defense attorney argued that she had never intended to kill him, and she herself maintained that she never wanted to take anyone’s life.