November 11, 2006

"WHAT IN THE WORLD?" Saturday Edition

Man separates from wife — and his ring finger

Austrian doesn’t regret presenting digit to his ex-wife after divorce

VIENNA- A Viennese man cut off his ring finger and presented the digit, still holding his wedding band, to his ex-wife after an acrimonious divorce, Austrian news agency APA reported Tuesday.

Charged with dangerous harassment and assault for the act, he told a preliminary hearing he did not regret having cut off the finger and had chosen deliberately not to reattached it.

“It was an act of breaking free,” the man was quoted as saying. He did not miss his finger, could work well without it and did not plan on getting married again anyway, he said.

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