Transgender "Woman" Splits Man's Face with Ax at 7-Eleven Store - is Jailed

Evie Amati has been sentenced to nine years in prison for attempted murder after randomly attacking two people at a convenience store with an axe in inner-Sydney.

The transgender man who thinks he is a woman was found guilty by a jury last August of two counts of wounding with intent to murder and one count of attempted wounding with intent to murder.

Security camera vision captured Amati using a two-kilogram axe to hit Ben Rimmer in the face and Sharon Hacker in the back of the head inside the Enmore store in January 2017.

The 26-year-old then swung the axe twice at another man, Shane Redwood, outside the store.

On the day of the attack, Amati matched with Mickila Jansen on the dating app Tinder and met with her and her housemates later in the evening where they consumed drugs and alcohol.

Amati said "she" became "incredibly anxious" and went into a depressive episode after "she" realized the group had identified "her" as transgender.

"She" said "she" had put "her" leg against Ms Jansen to "test the waters", but Ms Jansen recoiled "not as ... a natural kind of readjustment as if she was burned [but] as if she'd touched a leper or someone that was infected".

Ms Jansen messaged Amati later, who expressed feelings of anger and rejection.

Amati has been sentenced to nine years in prison for attempted murder, but with time already served, "she" is eligible for parole in July 2021.

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