CCTV reveals Evie Amati stormed the garage armed with a fire axe and took a swing at bystander Ben Rimmer. She has been jailed for four-and-a-half years – with her lawyer blaming the sex change operation. Her legal team claimed the operation had left her in immense pain and fuelled her desire to kill strangers. Ben revealed his head was almost split in two by the blow which cleaved his face. He is furious she could be out of prison in less than five years – and has urged for her sentence to be doubled.

Amati left Ben with his face held together by four titanium plates that he will have for the rest of his life. She was fuelled by drugs as she took the 2kg axe to the 7-Eleven in Enmore, Australia. One hour earlier, she had posted on social media: “One day I am going to kill a lot of people.” She was furious after she had a bad Tinder date with a woman in the hours previous.

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Amati wrote on Facebook: “Humans are only able to destroy, to hate, so that is what I shall do.” She added: “Most people deserve to die, I hate people." CCTV shows her doing a lap of the shop, before approaching Ben at the cash register. The two began talking, before she then suddenly swung the axe at him – striking him across the face.

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Ben said: “I remember being struck. But I turned at the last minute, otherwise she would have chopped through my head straight through the front of my face. “I think I must have seen it coming. Her aim was to kill people. It was pure luck no-one was killed.” “It didn’t register straight away, it took about 30 seconds. I fell to the ground. I was prone, bleeding profusely.” He was left vomiting as the gaping hole in his face and nose left blood pouring down his throat.

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Amati also struck shop owner Sharon Hacker with the axe in her rampage. Ben said: “She went there to kill. It’s only pure luck that I’m alive and she’s not remorseful. She’s intelligent … calculating. “She’ll do her time easily and get paroled in mid-2021. It’s played out perfectly for her, perhaps better than she expected.” He has launched a petition on Change.org urging for her sentence to be increased to at least 10 years – which has already amassed 5,500 signatures.