Court documents say Garbor Ziha, in his mid-fifties, attacked Barry Corbett after letting himself into the man's apartment and finding him in bed with his former wife, Marija Ziha.

The woman ran screaming from the apartment in her nightgown with several wounds to her legs. After an emergency call, police arrived to find Corbett dead in the bedroom with multiple stab wounds and his penis in the bedside drawer.

Police said the penis had been cut off and placed in the drawer with the wife's other belongings. After detectives telephoned Ziha at his home, he simply said: "Yes I know, you can come and pick me up now".

He has been charged with murder and wounding his ex-wife.