SANTA ANA – from www.dailynews.com – A California woman is expected to enter a plea to charges she cut off a man’s penis and threw it in a garbage disposal.

Orange County prosecutors say 48-year-old Catherine Kieu is charged with felony torture and felony aggravated mayhem for the attack on July 11.

She was indicted by a county grand jury on Thursday and she’s schedule to enter a plea Monday morning.

Investigators say Kieu lived with the 60-year-old victim and the pair got into an argument over a future houseguest’s visit.

After the man went to sleep, authorities say Kieu tied him to the bed, severed the organ and threw it into a garbage disposal.

With a sentencing enhancement for personal use of a knife, Kieu
Orange County prosecutors say 48-year-old Catherine Kieu is charged with felony torture and felony aggravated mayhem for the attack on July 11. (Garden Grove PD photo)
faces a possible life prison sentence if convicted.