[quote]Evie Amati, 26, carried out the unprovoked attack in Sydney last year.
After entering the 7-Eleven store, Amati used the axe to strike a man in the face and a woman in the back of the head. Both victims suffered serious injuries.
Amati had pleaded not guilty, arguing that she was experiencing a psychosis at the time of the attack.
The New South Wales District Court convicted her of three charges on Friday, after almost two days of deliberations by a jury.
During the trial, the court heard that Amati's victims thought she had come from a costume party when she entered the store about 02:00 on 7 January last year.
Security footage played to court showed Amati approaching her first victim, Ben Rimmer, as he waited to buy a meat pie.
She spoke with him briefly before attacking him. Mr Rimmer was knocked to the ground, and suffered a 10cm (4in) facial wound and fractures.
Amati attacked her second victim, Sharon Hacker, near the door, leaving her with a fractured skull.
Amati then attempted to strike a third person, Shane Redwood, outside the store, but he managed to use his backpack as a shield. She was arrested shortly later.
'Out of her mind'
Her lawyer, Charles Waterstreet, told the court that she had been "out of her mind" at the time, and was affected by drugs, alcohol and prescription medication.
Amati testified that her mental health had declined after she began taking hormones to transition from male to female.
However, the jury rejected Mr Waterstreet's argument that she was suffering from "mental derangement".
Amati was convicted of two counts of wounding with intent to murder and one count of attempted wounding with intent to murder. She will be sentenced in September.[/quote]
So this person was convicted and even though she blamed drug changing her from a male to female.
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1 ReplyDo we know if transition drugs can actually cause psychosis?
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1 ReplySo it was a male.
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It’s funny how often people play both sides
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Crikey.
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2 RepliesEdited by LahDsai: 8/4/2018 5:09:36 AMI'll be honest, not sure where you're going with this: Transgendered individuals are mentally unstable? The drugs one has to take to go through a transition can be dangerous and we shouldn't allow healthy human adults to undergo full physical transitions as a result? That this is a seemingly isolated incident — not representative of most trans individuals — but is going to be used as fuel for anti-trans sentiment? That people need to take responsibility for themselves and can't blame their actions on medication that they take out of choice rather than medical need? You just thought it was an interesting article and wanted to share? You knew some people on Offtopic would ger triggered and just wanted to watch the world burn?