Australia: First female convicted of 'defensive homocide' for bashing husband to death

Submitted by Minuteman on Wed, 2011-04-20 16:04

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'A Victorian grandmother who killed her husband after he constantly demanded kinky sex has been jailed for 11 years.

Eileen Mary Creamer, 53, was the first Victorian woman to be found guilty of defensive homicide.

She bashed her husband David, possibly with a South African tribal stick, before stabbing him in the abdomen during a fight at their Moe home in February 2008.

During her Victorian Supreme Court trial, Creamer said her husband made constant demands for unusual sex that she felt she could not refuse. They included her having sex with other men in front of him.
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Justice Coghlan noted that Creamer spent the night with her lover in the days before she killed her husband.'

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From the sounds of it, the only person doing any kind of defending was the poor guy she killed. Sure sounds like he was trying everything he could to flee from his murderer and she was the one who decided if she can't have him no one will. Intimidating his lovers, threatening him, and the only evidence of physical violence is from her.

Yet she gets to be championed as setting the standard for victims in Australia. Well she set the bar pretty low, so I'd imagine that anyone who did less then pummel and stab their husband or boyfriend will get a medal.

Keep every single fact the same but reverse the genders, and tell me if ANYONE would see this crime as "defensive" on the part of the murderer? Seems very offensive and well planned to me.

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Submitted by Paragon on Sat, 2011-04-23 14:54