Man Hacks Wife With Meat Cleaver For Sweeping Clumsily

A Brooklyn woman is in critical condition after her husband hacked her repeatedly with a meat cleaver in their Dyker Heights apartment yesterday morning. 54-year-old Shao Ling Ye was sweeping up during breakfast when, according to her husband, Youshening Huang, "She swept over my feet and that really sparked it." Neighbors tell the Daily News they heard Huang, 53, shout, "I've put up with you for all these years!" A dazed and bleeding Shao Ling Ye was then seen stumbling out into the street, gushing blood. Candice Meng, 21, who lives in the basement, tells the Post, "There was blood all over her. I just heard her shouting, 'Help!' We came out and she was lying there with her husband standing next to her looking down at her. He was showing no remorse. He asked me if he could come down and wash his hands." Ye is in critical condition with gashes to her head, arm, chest and finger; Huang is charged with assault, menacing and criminal possession of a weapon. Joseph Tsang, whose parents rent the apartment to Huang, seemed shocked, telling the Daily News, "He's a really peaceful guy. He goes jogging around the neighborhood."

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By John Del Signore in News on July 7, 2009 10:32 AM

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slny

I TOLD YOU TO CLEAN BETTER!

YOU CLUMSY OX!

slny

Yeah, be a good ex-wife.

ANGRYGOD11

Of course he goes jogging around the neighborhood. That's the best way to find a good place to bury the body.

Sir Bonkers

Hope he's got a sweet ass, because it deserves to get nailed.

schizofriendly

What if the Stella D'oro Breakfast Treats commercial included cutlery...

Seriously though, what a nightmare.

NannyState

She couldn't swing a broom and he couldn't hack marriage.

coconutendo

Bet she won't sweep over his feet again.

coconutendo

Bet she won't sweep over his feet again.

Mapcidy.com

That is so gruesome.

Spirit of 76

Hey, fella. Ever hear of "divorce"? It works, and it usually gets you a lot less prison time.

schadenfreudian mensch

You know, next time you should RTFA yourself and not rely on Gothamist great grammar and fantastic attention to details color your opinions. As per the Daily News:

The troubled couple had divorced about a year ago but continued to share the same apartment, neighbors said.

Spirit of 76

So I goofed. I don't have time to wolf down lunch and read all the articles in the middle of the day.

citygal

Very peaceful...

....in finding the right time to chop his wife.

Dirk

He's a really peaceful guy. He goes jogging around the neighborhood.

That's the best quote the Daily News could muster?

rcltrh

Is this the sanctity of marriage the repugnicans are trying to protect? Yeah, he seems to be a peaceful guy with all that jogging and hacking and all.