Mentally unstable man castrates self

A WOMAN police officer got the shock of her life on Saturday when checking on a man who appeared to be mentally ill, and who was incarcerated in the cells at St Margaret’s Police Station. She found that he had partially castrated himself by ripping off one of his testicles with his bare hands.

The bleeding man was quickly taken to San Fernando General Hospital where doctors wheeled him into surgery in an effort to save his organ. It was not known up to late yesterday, however,  if doctors were able to re-attach the torn testicle. The man remains warded in stable condition at SFGH. According to police sources, the frightening incident occurred last Saturday afternoon when the man’s relatives brought him to St Margaret’s Police Station complaining that he was behaving in a violent, unstable manner.

The 47-year-old man reportedly jumped over the charge-room counter and started fighting with police, who overpowered and placed him in one of the cells at the station. While officers were pondering on whether or not to charge the man, they heard him shouting, “there’s a snake in my pants.” The WPC on checking the man, found him half naked and his sexual organs bleeding. Before the horrified officer could react, sources said, the man tore off one of his testicles with his hands and collapsed.