Kali Made Me Do It
• Asian
Anyone who thinks they are hearing orders from Kali - the Hindu goddess of destruction - is apt to be nutty if not dangerous. Here's what one devotee of Kali did to her maid:
Harrow crown court heard how 55-year-old Taru Patel had attacked the woman almost every day with heavy wooden ladles and other kitchen implements, leaving her victim with shattered and gangrenous fingers, suppurating sores and rotting flesh. The victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, also had her hair pulled out and suffered cigarette burns on her feet and legs. Some wounds damaged the underlying muscle. She faces a lifetime's disability because of muscle wastage that has left her unable to walk properly or lift her arms above her head.