a son who crushed his elder Father Death was found naked with a bloodstained bottle of champagne.
Dikan Singh Vig, 54, was found guilty on Friday of murdering 86-year-old shopkeeper Arjan Singh Vig at his family home in north London.
old Bailey was told how officers had found Mr Vig’s body on the floor of his son’s bedroom, with his head “rotted”.
Vig was found on the evening of 30 October 2021 naked and surrounded by approximately 100 bottles of champagne, including a bloodied Veuve Clicquot and Bollinger.
“I killed my father,” he said. “I hit him over the head with a bloody bottle of Bollinger Champagne.”
Vig confessed to the murder but was found guilty of murder by the jury after deliberating for less than a day. His sentencing has been adjourned till February 10.
Prosecuting Deanna Heer Casey had previously described how the victim was repeatedly struck in the face and head with a full bottle of champagne, causing extensive injuries and almost instant death.
Jurors heard that Vig had lived with his father and mother Damanjit, 85, in their separate four-bedroom house for nearly 40 years, while his younger sister Rippon lived with her partner.
His family moved to Britain from Uganda when he was five – at a time when Idi Amin had expelled members of the Asian community from the East African country.
Vig’s father was a qualified accountant while his mother, a zoologist, worked as a teacher.
The court heard that Vig helped his father in the family business, but had developed an interest in alcohol during the Covid lockdown.
On the evening of the murder his parents came home and sat down in front of the TV. Mrs. Vig then heard vomiting from her son’s room and told him that he had drunk half a bottle of whiskey. Jurors were told that the last thing she saw was her husband comforting their son.
Mrs Wigg then began calling her daughter as her son appeared “out of control” and “drunk” and she instead dialed 999.
An officer tried to push open the defendant’s door and, looking through a gap, saw Mr. Vig’s head covered in blood.
The defendant said that he could not open the door, saying: “You are too late. He’s been dead for an hour.
Later she said through tears: “My father is dead. I killed my father. I hit him over the head with a Bollinger champagne bottle. Why did I kill my father?”
He said: “Oh s***. I killed my father. It is possible that he died only of a heart attack. I hit him with a bottle of f***ing champagne… I hate French champagne.
Police uncovered 100 bottles of Champagne on the bed, 10 Amazon delivery boxes of whiskey bottles and an empty bottle of Talisker Scotch.
Next to Mr Vig’s body were two bottles of champagne with a “significant amount” of blood on them.
A post-mortem examination identified injuries “completely consistent with an assault with a champagne bottle”, Ms Heer said.
Giving evidence during the trial, Vig claimed that he had autism and that his father had assaulted him.
with additional reporting from PA