Sikh who blinded daughter in-law for alleged extra-marital affair bags 10yrs in prison

Manjit Singh Mirgind who blinded daughter in law Jageer Mirgind[CENTRAL]

A 51-year-old Indian-origin man, who blinded his daughter-in-law by stabbing her in her face in Britain, has been jailed for more than 10 years, Daily Mail reports. 

Manjit Singh Mirgind accused his son's wife Jageer Mirgind of having extra-marital sexual relations with another man, and attacked her with a knife leading to severe injuries in both the eyes, in Dec 18 last year, The Ilford Recorder reported Friday. 

Mrs Mirgind’s children, just three and six years old, watched the horrific attack at their mother's home in Kensington Gardens, Ilford, East London, and pleaded with their grandfather to stop.

The crazed attacker wrongly believed his daughter-in-law was 'sleeping with a Paki' and that she had 'ruined his family', Snaresbrook Crown Court heard.

Tragically, Mirgind 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.

The Snaresbrook Crown Court on Friday sentenced Mirjind to a 10 years and eight months jail-term, half of which he will serve, with the rest on licence. 

The court heard Mirgind had been an leading member of the Sikh community and often drove young worshippers to the temple.

Mirgind, from Ilford in north-east London, was earlier charged with attempted murder, but prosecutors later accepted a guilty plea to the charge of grievous bodily harm (GBH) reported the Express 

Mirgind has denied attempting to kill the victim, who was hospitalised for three days after the incident.

The judge told Margind this was a "manic and horrific" attack motivated by a belief his daughter-in-law had been unfaithful, the report said. 

The judge said: "There is major scarring to her face, there is serious injury to her left wrist, she now has a stutter." 

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.

Culled from Times Of India