Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 12, 1994, Winnipeg, Manitoba A10 Winnipeg free january 1994 Bobbitt disputes 1991 assault record 7 could never hit my he testifies at her trial associated press John Bobbitt returned to the witness stand yesterday and denied sexually assaulting or hitting his wife before she Cut off his on the second Day of his wife Bobbitt disputed a court rec Ord that a defence lawyer said showed Bobbitt pleaded guilty to assaulting his Lorena is charged with malicious wounding for Cut Ting off her husbands Penis after he came Home from a night of drinking last june if the ecuadoran born manicurist could get up to 20 years in prison and be was acquitted late last year of assaulting his the defence opened its Case yesterday by calling Bobbitt to the stand As an Adverse on he testified for the prose which rested its Case yes both and in his own trial in he denied Ever forcing his wife to have Lorena Bobbitt contends that prolonged physical and verbal abuse by her husband Dur ing their fou year marriage forced her to Cut off his Penis in an irresistible she is seek ing a Amalia Hoyt testified for the de Fence about an incident in which Bobbitt gave his wife Bikini under Wear for Christmas in front of Sev eral Lorena Bobbitt was embarrassed and walked she he said Why Are you trying to hide it Hoyt she said Bobbitt pushed his wife against the Wall several she was really Hoyt lawyer Blair Howard showed Bobbitt records from a court Case that the lawyer said showed he pleaded guilty in March 1991 to assaulting his Bobbitt disputed the saying i could never hit my i never hit her at All just push hold her restrain her from hitting Peter one of the last prosecution said Lorena Bobbitt told him that her husband forced himself on her Early june 23 when she complained to him said he didst care about her after severing the Lorena Bobbitt drove off and threw it from her car she later directed officers to the where the Penis was by that Bobbitt was at Prince William where he was examined by James there was nothing but a Large amount of blood where the Penis should have said a urologist who reattached the Organ in an operation that lasted about nine Sehn said it is still Uncertain How yell the reattached Penis will fun a chronology of the Bobbitt Case june John Bobbitt marries Lorena l 1991 couples first lasted two october 1991 Bobbin returns to his family Home in upstate new 1992 couple reconciles in May 1993 couple discusses june Bobbitt alleges her husband raped june 22 Bobbitt tells a neighbor her husband is abusing Bobbitt and a House guest go out for a night of 23 Bobbitt Home in the Early morning he claims he went to bed and did not attack his she claims he was drunk and pinning her bed and raping june 23 Bobbitt severs Bobbitt Penis with a re handled Kitchen flees the apartment and tosses the Organ from her car june 23 Bobbitt goes to Prince William where doctors reattach the Organ in a nine Nour june 23 Bobbitt charged with malicious july 1993 Bobbitt file for August 1993 Bobbitt charged with marital sexual 8 Bobbitt trial 9 Bobbitt testifies that husband raped her Bobbitt denies 10 Bobbitt acquitted by jury of nine three Start of Bobbitt Holmes Plo Scales Down Jericho demand we want something smaller aussies Brace for More fires associated press Reuter t Egypt hello has dropped its demand for a 300 Square Kilometre palestinian area around the West Bank town of Jericho and is ready to accept a smaller israeli and Plo officials said they said the two sides had not yet agreed on the size of the one of the major obstacles delaying implementation of the israeli Plo agree ment on palestinian we have dropped the 300km de we want something something a senior Plo official said at autonomy talks in the egyptian resort of he refused to say How much the palestinians had scaled Down their demand on israeli delegation spokesman Ami Gluska also said the Plo had Given up on their original proposal for a 300squarekilometre Israel television reported the palestinians were seeking an area including Jericho plus two religious the Muslim shrine of Nabi Musa and the traditional baptismal site of both within 10 Kilometres of Jericho but in different i the autonomy talks resumed in Taba on monday after a month of bickering Over different interpretations of what had been achieved in december talks in Cairo aimed at breaking the the main issues Are the size of the self Rule defence of jew ish settlements and control of Bor Der Crossings Between Gaza and and Jericho and israeli negotiators entered yester Days talks carrying about a dozen Israel has said the talks could drag on for wild Birdseed mixed seed Sunflower seed Victor Fox foods 130 James 9425421 behind Centennial concert Hall hours to Australia fire fighters contained about half of the 154 Forest fires burning across Southeast Australia today but braced themselves for a renewed emergency As Windy weather was expected to it is still very 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