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'Penis-burning' wife seeks plea bargain
SEAN FEWSTER, COURT REPORTER

January 22, 2010 02:45pm

A JEALOUS wife accused of killing her husband by torching his genitals is seeking to broker a plea bargain with prosecutors, a court has heard.

Lawyers involved in the case of Rajini Narayan today asked the Adelaide Magistrates Court to delay the case to allow further negotiations.

Narayan, 44, is yet to plead to charges of murder, arson and endangering life.

It is alleged that, in December 2008, she poured methylated spirits over her husband's genitals before setting him alight.

Satish Narayan, 47, then knocked over the bottle of spirits, sparking a blaze that caused $1 million damage.

He suffered major burns in the blaze and later died in hospital.

Last year, the court heard allegations Narayan had confessed to the attack.

"My husband loves another woman, he hugs her," she allegedly said to neighbours.

"I'm a jealous wife, his penis should belong to me, I just wanted to burn his penis so it belongs to me and no one else.

"It's just his penis I wanted to burn, I didn't mean this to happen."

Yesterday Karen Ingleton, prosecuting, said defence lawyers had provided her with a new set of documents relating to the case.

"They may form the basis of a plea of guilty," she said.

"However I've not seen them, read them or considered them yet."

She asked the case be adjourned until March.

Magistrate Maria Panagiotidis remanded Narayan on continuing bail until then.