A woman has been found guilty of the attempted murder of three strangers she attacked with an axe in and near a Sydney convenience store.
Evie Amati, 26, had pleaded not guilty to wounding Benjamin Rimmer and Sharon Hacker with intent to murder at the Enmore 7-Eleven and attempting to wound pedestrian Shane Redwood with intent to murder in the early hours of January 7, 2017.
But a NSW District Court jury on Friday found her guilty of the three charges, rejecting claims the transgender woman was suffering from a "mental derangement" at the time.
The jury did not accept the defence of mental illness for any of the three charges.
Amati, dressed in prison greens, sobbed and her cheeks turned red as she learned her fate.
Her barrister, Charles Waterstreet, made no application for bail and it was formally refused.
Mr Rimmer was in the public gallery to hear the verdict while Ms Hacker rushed to enter the courtroom seconds after it was handed down.
Judge Mark Williams adjourned Amati's matter for sentence on September 12.
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