Woman sets fire to ex-husband's penis

Wed Aug 22, 10:53 AM ET

A woman set fire to her ex-husband's penis as he sat naked watching television

and drinking vodka, Moscow police said Wednesday.

Asked if the man would make a full recovery, a police spokeswoman said it was

"difficult to predict."

The attack climaxed three years of acrimonious enforced co-habitation. The

couple divorced three years ago but continued to share a small flat, something

common in Russia where property costs are very high.

"It was monstrously painful," the wounded ex-husband told Tvoi Den newspaper.

"I was burning like a torch. I don't know what I did to deserve this."