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A wife smeared hot chilli sauce in the vagina of her husband's mistress and shaved her head after luring her into a trap.

The woman, from the town of Zundert in the southern Netherlands, identified by her first name Halima, was sentenced to 160 days in prison after she was found guilty of assault.

She also has to carry out 120 hours of community service, visit a psychologist and pay the victim €7,000 (£6,240) in damages.

The presiding judge said that Halima tortured her love rival in a "frightening and insulting" way which is "just absurd in Dutch society".

Among other things, Halima put 'sambal' in the victim's vagina, a hot Indonesian sauce or paste typically made from a variety of chilli peppers.

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She found out that her husband had been cheating on her for over five years with one of her friends.

Halima discovered messages on her husband's phone and wanted to confront the woman.

Together with a neighbour, Halima invented an excuse and lured her friend to her home where she overwhelmed her husband's lover and managed to tie her up.

She smeared spicy sauce in the woman's vagina, shaved off her hair and beat her up.

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In court, Halima said she would give her husband a second chance "as my mother suggested I should do".

She added: "I wanted a divorce, but I became pregnant unexpectedly. My children are still young.

"I have forgiven him, but I have not forgotten."

It is unclear when exactly she became pregnant.

Halima's neighbour was sentenced to three months in prison last month for assisting the aggrieved wife during the attack.