The person had killed his father by smashing a champagne bottle on his head (Representational)

London:

An Indian-origin man who was discovered responsible of the homicide of his father by smashing a champagne bottle over his head in north London has been sentenced to life imprisonment.

Deekan Paul Singh Vig, 54, was convicted following a trial on the Previous Bailey court docket final month and was sentenced for a minimal time period of 18 years earlier than being thought of for parole on the similar court docket on Friday.

“The actions of Deekan Paul Singh Vig have left his household devastated – they have to proceed to cope with the lack of a beloved one whereas he’ll spend a big time frame in jail as a consequence of his actions,” stated Wayne Jolley, Detective Chief Inspector of the Metropolitan Police who led the homicide investigation.

The Met Police stated Vig’s father, 86-year-old Arjan Singh Vig, lived on the similar house as him in Southgate, north London, the place police had been known as to a disturbance in October 2021. Regardless of the efforts of emergency providers, Arjan was pronounced lifeless on the scene, the police stated.

“A autopsy examination gave the reason for demise as blunt pressure trauma to the top,” the police stated.

Later, the trial heard how officers discovered the physique of Arjan on the ground of his son’s bed room along with his “head caved in”.

In response to the ‘Night Commonplace’ 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 top with a f***ing bloody bottle of Bollinger champagne,” he reportedly stated.

Jurors heard how Vig had lived along with his accountant father and zoologist mom Damanjit Vig, 85, of their four-bedroom house for about 40 years. The household had moved from Uganda to the UK when Vig was aged 5 on the time Idi Amin expelled members of the South Asian group from the east African nation.

The court docket was advised that Vig had developed a style for alcohol in the course of the COVID lockdown and admitted to consuming 500ml of whisky earlier on the night of the incident.

On the crime scene, police uncovered 100 bottles of champagne, 10 Amazon supply containers of whisky bottles, and an empty bottle of Talisker Scotch on the mattress.

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 critical hurt.

Nonetheless, the jury deliberated for lower than a day to search out him responsible of homicide. 

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