Indian-origin man jailed for life for father's murder with champagne bottle

An Indianorigin man who was found guilty of the murder of his father by smashing a champagne bottle over his head in north London has been sentenced to life imprisonmentDeekan Paul Singh Vig 54 was convicted following a trial at the Old Bailey court last month and was sentenced for a minimum term of 18 years before being considered for parole at the same court on FridayThe actions of Deekan Paul Singh Vig have left his family devastated they must continue to deal with the loss of a loved one while he will spend a significant period of time in jail as a consequence of his actions said Wayne Jolley Detective Chief Inspector of the Metropolitan Police who led the murder investigationThe Met Police said Vigs father 86yearold Arjan Singh Vig lived at the same home as him in Southgate north London where police were called to a disturbance in October 2021 Despite the efforts of emergency services Arjan was pronounced dead at the scene the police saidA postmortem examination gave the cause of death as blunt force trauma to the head the police saidLater the trial heard how officers found the body of Arjan on the floor of his sons bedroom with his head caved inAlso Read King Charles IIIs wife Queen Consort Camilla tests COVID positiveAccording to the Evening Standard newspaper his son was naked and surrounded by about 100 bottles of Champagne including bloodstained bottles of Veuve Cliquot and BollingerI killed my dad I hit him over the head with a fing bloody bottle of Bollinger champagne he reportedly saidJurors heard how Vig had lived with his accountant father and zoologist mother Damanjit Vig 85 in their fourbedroom home for about 40 years The family had moved from Uganda to the UK when Vig was aged five at the time Idi Amin expelled members of the South Asian community from the east African countryThe court was told that Vig had developed a taste for alcohol during the COVID lockdown and admitted to drinking 500ml of whisky earlier on the evening of the incidentAt the crime scene police uncovered 100 bottles of champagne 10 Amazon delivery boxes of whisky bottles and an empty bottle of Talisker Scotch on the bedVig had denied murder but admitted manslaughter on the second day of his trial on the basis that he did not intend to cause his father really serious harmHowever the jury deliberated for less than a day to find him guilty of murderThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever