SA: Jealous wife charged with murder
05 Jan 2009 4:47 PM
An Adelaide woman who allegedly set fire to her husband's genitals has been charged with his murder.
The 44-year-old mother of three had been charged with endangering life and arson offences after she allegedly torched the family's Unley home .. in Adelaide's eastern suburbs on December 8.
But the charge was upgraded to murder after her 47-year-old husband .. SATISH NARAYAN died in hospital last week.
Prosecutors have told the Adelaide Magistrates Court that RAJINI NARAYAN confessed to neighbours she'd set her husband alight while he was sleeping after learning he was having an affair.
NARAYAN was remanded in custody and has been charged with murder .. arson and three counts of endangering life .. due to the couple's children being home when the fire took hold.
It's expected she'll apply for bail when she reappears in the Adelaide Magistrates Court on Friday .. pending results of a psychological assessment.
