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>Evie Amati, 26, seriously wounded the man and woman at a 7-Eleven in Sydney in January 2017. She swung her axe at a third customer but did not injure him.
>Amati pleaded not guilty on mental health grounds at a trial last year, but a court rejected her argument.
>On Friday, a judge sentenced her to a maximum nine years in prison for the "very serious" incident.
>"The risk of death was high in each cases and the fact that death did not occur was entirely a matter of good fortune," Judge Mark Williams told the New South Wales District Court.
>Security footage played during the trial showed Amati approaching her first victim, Ben Rimmer, as he waited to buy a meat pie.
>After a brief conversation, she struck Mr Rimmer in the face. He was knocked to the ground with a 10cm (4in) facial wound and fractures.
>She then attacked her second victim, Sharon Hacker, near the door, fracturing the woman's skull.
>Amati turned on a third customer, Shane Redwood, but he shielded himself using his backpack. She was arrested shortly after.
>The court heard that Amati had been "out of her mind" after consuming drugs, alcohol and prescription medication.
>She testified that her mental health had declined prior to the attack, after she began taking hormones to transition from male to female.
>However, a jury rejected her lawyer's argument that she was suffering from "mental derangement".
>Amati will be eligible for parole in 2021.
