

Trapeze Artist Attacks Rival with Castration Tongs
BERLIN (Reuters) - A lovesick 58-year-old German man was sentenced to
seven years in jail after attacking a factory worker with a pair of bull castration
tongs in the western town of Duesseldorf, a state court said on Friday. The
circus trapeze artist had tried to emasculate the man using the steel pincers
after accusing him of having a relationship with his former girlfriend, a 46-year-
old belly dancer who performed in the same circus. Full story