Jageer Mirgind has been left blind and scarred for life after Manjit Mirgind, 51, slashed her wrists and stabbed her in the eyes after wrongly believing she was having an affair with a Muslim. — Picture for illustration purpose only
LONDON, June 11:
A woman suffered horrific injuries after being attacked by her father-in-law because he thought she was having an affair with a Muslim man.
Jageer Mirgind was left blind and scarred for life after 51-year-old Manjit Mirgind slashed her wrists and stabbed her in the eyes screaming “I am going to kill you”, the Daily Mail reported.
Jageer’s children, just 3 and 6, watched the brutal attack at their mother’s home in Kensington Gardens, Ilford, East London. The children pleaded with their grandfather to stop but no avail.
The mother has been left partially-sighted in both eyes while the children can no longer sleep alone and have recurring nightmares, according to the report.
The man wrongly believed his daughter-in-law was sleeping with a Pakistani man and that she had “ruined his family”, Snaresbrook Crown Court was told
It was tragic as Mirgind had misunderstood the situation when his daughter was the victim of a series of prank calls.
After punching her in the face he dragged her into the kitchen where he savagely kicked her before grabbing a knife and stabbing her.
He eventually left and went home as his wife called an ambulance for the victim. He later turned himself in at the police station and told them exactly what had happened.
Judge Nigel Peters QC said: “You have accepted that you have caused the most serious injuries to your daughter-in-law.
“You set about her having taken umbrage because you felt she was having affairs when it turned out she had been receiving prank calls.
“You set out with great hostility and vengeance — you punched her, forced to the ground and kicked her and took knives to her face and wrist to gouge her eyes.
“She has since lost a lot of sight in both eyes and there is major scarring to her face.
“She has a stutter as well, most likely caused by the loss of confidence and lack of sleep and general work.
“So distressing was that her children, your grandchildren, witnessed it from start to finish and pleaded with you to stop, but you did not stop.”
Mirgind stared at the floor as he was jailed for 10 years and eight months.
Crown lawyer Jonathan Turner said the victim’s children had suffered, having begged the defendant to stop and they saw the blood everywhere.
“Their life has changed and they cannot sleep alone while the marriage of their parents has disintegrated.”
Jageer has since moved to Nottingham with her two children.
The court heard the defendant Mirgind had been a leading member of the Sikh community and often drove young worshippers to the temple.
In a statement read by his lawyer Edward Boateng-Addo, he said: “I am a hard-working family man who left his job to care for his ill mother seven years ago.
“I was stressed out at the time and nothing can excuse what I did.
“I was trying to protect her — I am a peaceful and honest man and I know I will not have the chance to apologise, but I do look to the court to say how sorry I am.”
He had initially been charged with attempted murder, but prosecutors later accepted a plea of causing grievous bodily harm with intent in order to avoid having to go to trial.
source: therakyatpost.com
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