Vig had denied homicide however admitted manslaughter on the second day of his trial on the idea that he didn’t intend to trigger his father actually severe hurt.
New Delhi,UPDATED: Feb 18, 2023 14:01 IST
Deekan Paul Singh Vig, 54, was convicted following a trial on the Old Bailey court docket final month. (Representational picture)
By India Today Web Desk: An Indian-origin man killed his father by smashing a champagne bottle over his head in north London. He has been sentenced to life imprisonment.
Deekan Paul Singh Vig, 54, was convicted following a trial on the Old Bailey court docket final month and sentenced to a minimal time period of 18 years earlier than being thought of for parole on the identical court docket on Friday, as reported by information company PTI.
According to the Metropolitan Police, Vig’s father, 86-year-old Arjan Singh Vig, lived on the identical dwelling as him in Southgate, north London, the place police have been known as to a disturbance in October 2021.
“A post-mortem examination gave the cause of death as blunt force trauma to the head,” the police mentioned, PTI reported.
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According to the Evening Standard newspaper, his son was bare and surrounded by about 100 bottles of champagne, together with blood-stained bottles of Veuve Cliquot and Bollinger.
“I killed my dad. I hit him over the head with a f***ing bloody bottle of Bollinger champagne,” he reportedly mentioned.
The court docket was instructed that Vig had developed a style for alcohol throughout the Covid lockdown and admitted to ingesting 500ml of whisky earlier on the night of the incident.
Vig had denied homicide however admitted manslaughter on the second day of his trial on the idea that he didn’t intend to trigger his father actually severe hurt.
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Feb 18, 2023
