What could be worse for a man than having his penis cut off? Having it cut off and then flushed down the toilet, that's what!

The French are a notoriously amorous bunch and fidelity doesn't rank too high on their agenda. So, exactly the place you'd expect a jilted lover to find out his wife has taken a lover.

Blaise Frangione found himself in just that position. He discovered his girl had a penchant for being locked in a coital position with her bit on the side. What was an even bigger kick in the balls was that it was the lover who came round and told Blaise.

But, Blaise managed to handle it like a real man. Instead of running to his room and crying like a girl, coiled in a foetal position, 38-year-old Blaise decided to handle it a little differently.

He chopped the man's penis off. Not happy with dismembering the man's member, Blaise decided to pop it in the toilet and flush.

The father of two just lost it when he was told of the affair. He knocked the man out and severed his member with a razor blade.

"The sudden revelation of this adultery made him lose control," said Fragione's lawyer, Marc Ceccaldi. "He is well aware that he caused a significant trauma."

Fragione faces up to 15 years in prison if found guilty, but has managed to win back his partner, Mado.

That's cold comfort to the victim who is awaiting surgical reconstruction his penis, which was shortened to 3cm while flaccid and 5cm when erect.