'I chopped off my husband's penis, chucked it out of the car then had Vanity Fair shoot'

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Her act of violence was described as something that would "send a chill through every man in the world". View 4 Images Lorena Bobbitt actions became infamous (Image: Getty Images)

In an act that would "send a chill through every man in the world", one wife reached breaking point when her husband came home from a night out drinking. ‌

Using only the glow from their fridge, Lorena Bobbitt seized a knife and severed her husband's penis . ‌

Hospital staff were gobsmacked when John Wayne Bobbitt stumbled into the A&E at 5am, his hands and lower body drenched in blood. ‌

Beneath the crimson sheet, John had "just testicles where the penis would have been, a red substance. It looked like a nice, even, straight cut," testified police officer Cecil