Essonne: Sentenced to 12 years in prison for having attempted to murder his adopted daughter with an ax

A 67-year-old man was sentenced by the Essonne Assize Court on Wednesday . He was found guilty of an assassination attempt on his niece, which occurred on October 23, 2019 in Juvisy, reports Le Parisien .

12 years in prison

That day, the man, who is also his adoptive father, gave him a violent blow with an axe. Touched at the base of the neck, the victim was able to get out thanks to the computer which was in his backpack and which absorbed the shock. She had been injured in the vertebrae but survived.

In bad terms with the victim, the accused had taken action because he had not digested his refusal to resume contact with him a few months before the facts. The man, of Indian origin , suffered in particular from depression after his eldest son was diagnosed with mental disorders. The latter had been sent to France for his studies, just like his daughter whose adoption had been made without his consent, according to him. The man had also tried to interrupt his schooling twice, without success.