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father repeatedly stabbed his daughter disfiguring her face even after she was dead.
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Amy
Jun 23, 2005, 8:32:25 AM6/23/05
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Dad `selfish' for killing girl
Toronto Star
the star.com
Rajinder Atwal gazed down from the prisoner's box
and appeared on the verge of tears yesterday as a judge detailed how he
repeatedly stabbed his daughter — disfiguring her face even after she was dead.
"This was a cold, brutal and sober attack of his
completely defenceless young daughter, carried out with the intention to cause
her death," Justice Catherine Wedge told a sentencing hearing in B.C. Supreme
Court.
Wedge ruled that Atwal, who was convicted of
second-degree murder in March, won't be eligible for parole for 16 years.
Amandeep Atwal was 17 in July 2003 when her father
decided to end her life after discovering she'd been having a secret love affair
with schoolmate Todd McIsaac.
After the discovery, Amandeep decided to leave her
home in Kitimat, B.C., and move with her boyfriend to Prince George in central
British Columbia.
When Amandeep told her family she would be
returning to Prince George, her father insisted on driving her there himself.
It was during that trip in Atwal's car that he
stabbed his daughter 17 times at a rest area near Cache Creek, B.C.
"Amandeep remained in the car throughout the
attack, still secured by her seatbelt," Wedge said.
"Her final moments in life must have been
terrifying," she said.
"While he must have loved his daughter at some
level, he permitted that love to be displaced by anger at her unwillingness to
comply with his values or accept his view of the world and his plans for her
future," Wedge said.
"This was a selfish act of the highest order,
beyond the comprehension of any reasonable person."
vdl33
Jun 23, 2005, 7:23:15 PM6/23/05
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Can you imagine what this father might have done if his 17 year old daughter had
wanted to take a vacation in Aruba!
wanted to take a vacation in Aruba!
~vdl
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Dad `selfish' for killing girl
Toronto Star
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Rajinder Atwal gazed down from the prisoner's box and appeared on the verge of
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