Transgender woman responsible for inner west 7-Eleven Axe attack found guilty attempted murder

A TRANSGENDER woman who attacked two strangers with an axe at a convenience store in Sydney’s inner west has been found guilty of attempted murder.

A TRANSGENDER woman who attacked two strangers with an axe at a convenience store in Sydney’s inner west has been found guilty of attempted murder.

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Evie Amati was convicted of wounding customers Benjamin Rimmer and Sharon Hacker with intent to murder at the Enmore 7-Eleven in the early hours of January 7, 2017.

On January 7th last year Evie Amati entered a 7-Eleven in Enmore carrying an axe and attacked two people. Supplied

Amati had pleaded not guilty on the ground of mental illness. AAP Video/Supplied/NSW District Cour

Following nearly three days of deliberation, a jury also convicted the 26-year-old of attempting to wound pedestrian Shane Redwood with intent to murder in the NSW District Court on Friday.

Evie Amati was found guilty of the axe attack. Source: Facebook

Amati had pleaded not guilty on the ground of mental illness.

Amati previously testified she has no memory of attacking the strangers but recalled earlier hearing voices in her head saying “kill and maim” and “start the rise of hell on Earth” after she smoked cannabis and took what she thought was MDMA.

Police attended the bloody scene. Supplied

She said she’d fallen into a “depressive episode” after she cut short a Tinder date believing the woman rejected her because she was transgender.

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CCTV footage of the ­assault, showing Amati swinging an axe with both hands and blood gushing from one of her victims, had been played to the 12-person jury trial.

Police found the woman lying on the ground where she was handcuffed. Picture: Gordon McComiskie

Two crime scenes were setup after the attack. Picture: Gordon McComiskie

The male victim had serious lacerations to his head and the woman had minor injuries. Both were taken to RPA for treatment. Picture: Gordon McComiskie

Prosecutor Daniel McMahon has pointed out that in the footage Amati appeared to have waited until Mr Rimmer was distracted before striking him in the face with the weapon.

Ms Amati has claimed she was suffering from a mental illness and was affected by a hormone medication, drugs and alcohol.

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Amati has testified that from late-2016 she had violent hallucinations involving an axe she had just bought and saw visions of herself running at police with it and being shot dead.

Originally published as Transgender woman responsible for inner west 7-Eleven Axe attack found guilty attempted murder