{"id":13611,"date":"2019-01-18T21:10:15","date_gmt":"2019-01-19T02:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=13611"},"modified":"2019-01-18T21:10:15","modified_gmt":"2019-01-19T02:10:15","slug":"sydney-axe-attacks-woman-jailed-for-wounding-7-eleven-customers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2019\/01\/18\/sydney-axe-attacks-woman-jailed-for-wounding-7-eleven-customers\/","title":{"rendered":"Sydney axe attacks: Woman jailed for wounding 7-Eleven customers"},"content":{"rendered":"

A woman who randomly attacked two people with an axe in an Australian convenience store has been jailed.<\/p>\n

Evie Amati, 26, seriously wounded the man and woman at a 7-Eleven in Sydney in January 2017. She swung her axe at a third customer but did not injure him.<\/p>\n

Amati pleaded not guilty on mental health grounds at a trial last year, but\u00a0a court rejected her argument<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Friday, a judge sentenced her to a maximum nine years in prison for the “very serious” incident.<\/p>\n

“The risk of death was high in each cases and the fact that death did not occur was entirely a matter of good fortune,” Judge Mark Williams told the New South Wales District Court.<\/p>\n

Security footage played during the trial showed Amati approaching her first victim, Ben Rimmer, as he waited to buy a meat pie.<\/p>\n

After a brief conversation, she struck Mr Rimmer in the face. He was knocked to the ground with a 10cm (4in) facial wound and fractures.<\/p>\n

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Amati attacked Ben Rimmer (pictured) as he waited to buy a meat pie<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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She then attacked her second victim, Sharon Hacker, near the door, fracturing the woman’s skull.<\/p>\n

Amati turned on a third customer, Shane Redwood, but he shielded himself using his backpack. She was arrested shortly after.<\/p>\n

The court heard that Amati had been “out of her mind” after consuming drugs, alcohol and prescription medication.<\/p>\n

She testified that her mental health had declined prior to the attack, after she began taking hormones to transition from male to female.<\/p>\n

However, a jury rejected her lawyer’s argument that she was suffering from “mental derangement”.<\/p>\n

Amati will be eligible for parole in 2021.<\/p>\n

Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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