A German man was given a suspended sentence after he stabbed his friend 11 times for mocking the size of his manhood in a row in the sauna.
A court in Paderborn, Germany, heard last week how the unnamed 29-year-old accused stabbed his 37-year-old friend on April 3 last year.
The accused and his brother-in-law, 39, met in the house of the victim. The trio drank alcohol together and decided to go to the host's sauna at 5am.
The court told German newspaper Bild am Sonntag: 'All involved were already significantly drunk. One of the men supposedly poured beer over the sauna stones.'
The not-so-common sauna infusion caused a fight between the host and his guest, which ended with a 'heated fight about the length of their penises'.
The third man separated the fighting pair and left with his brother-in-law around 7.15am for a house in the neighbourhood.
The 29-year-old, unable to calm his fury about the fight, returned two hours later and, after a 'mutual confrontation', the accused produced a knife and stabbed the victim 11 times.
He suffered serious injuries to his lungs and left arm and was taken to hospital.
The assailant was arrested and his blood alcohol levels were taken, which, two hours after the stabbing, were still 2.9.
The judge said these blood alcohol levels brought him 'close to criminal incapacity'.
The 29-year-old was charged with causing 'dangerous bodily harm' and was given a suspended two-year sentence after admitting guilt and paying 10,000€ in damages to the victim.
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