Indian-origin UK man kills father with champagne bottle, gets life in prison

An Indian-origin man killed his father by smashing a champagne bottle over his head in north London. He has been sentenced to life imprisonment.

Deekan Paul Singh Vig, 54, was convicted following a trial at the Old Bailey court last month and sentenced to a minimum term of 18 years before being considered for parole at the same court on Friday, as reported by news agency PTI.According to the Metropolitan Police, Vig’s father, 86-year-old Arjan Singh Vig, lived at the same home as him in Southgate, north London, where police were called to a disturbance in October 2021.

“A post-mortem examination gave the cause of death as blunt force trauma to the head,” the police said, PTI reported.