by Rachel Ogbu
A 62-year-old man struck his estranged wife with his penis when she refused to have sex with him.
Fred Thomas, from Cushing, Maine, U.S., received a five-day jail sentence after pleading guilty to the assault where he also offered her £15 for intercourse.
Reports say he and his wife were separated at the time and when she refused to have a sexual relationship with him, he took out his penis and struck her with it. He will also be on probation for a year for domestic violence assault and indecent conduct.
His wife of 39 years requested that he undergo counseling for anger management, and her request received approval.
The incident in July in the town of Warren happened when his wife of 39 years, who was estranged from him, stayed at his home.
Defending, Justin Andrus said Thomas was tremendously upset that his marriage of 39 years was ending.
He said his estranged wife was planning to go to Pakistan to meet a man she met online.
‘This was not his normal conduct,’ Andrus told Justice Jeffrey Hjelm during the sentencing hearing in Knox County Superior Court.
Assistant District Attorney Christopher Fernald asked for Thomas to serve seven days in jail while Andrus asked for just probation and no jail.
Hjelm said a jail term was appropriate in this case.
‘This was sexually aggressive conduct. This couldn’t be much more offensive,’ Hjelm said.
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