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 Murder suspect Aset Magomadova (left) leaves the court house after testifying in her trial in Calgary, Alta., September 25, 2009. Magomadova is accused of killing her daughter, Aminat Magomadov, 14. (Sun Media/Laura Pedersen, file) |
CALGARY -- School staff said a young girl slain by her mother, allegedly in self-defence, often went into an uncontrolled rage.
One teacher, testifying at the second-degree murder trial of Aset Magomadova, the mother charged in the death of her 14-year-old daughter Aminat, said a "disturbing" encounter with the aggressive teen actually prompted her to quit her job.
Describing one of several outbursts, Rhonda Wakely -- who worked at a public school program for students with behaviour problems -- said Aminat grabbed her.
"The whole time she was trying to push me backward, looking me in the eyes and calling me a piece of s--- over and over," she testified at Court of Queen's Bench.
"I still haven't recovered from that assault physically," said Wakely, telling court she suffered soft tissue injuries.
Andrea Fowlie, transition counsellor at William Roper Hull where Aminat was a student, told court the teen had fights with her mother -- often bringing resulting rage to the school.
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She told court Aminat's mother also did not express fear of her daughter.
She testified Aminat's only incident of violence was provoked -- with her attacking a student with an empty pop bottle and flipping his desk on to him after being teased.
Aminat seemed to calm down when she was away from her mother, she testified.
Magomadova claims she was being attacked by a knife-wielding Aminat Feb. 26, 2007, insisting her conduct deteriorated dramatically since the family moved to Calgary from war-torn Chechnya in 2003.
She strangled Aminat in her Fay Rd. S.E. home.
Earlier that month, Fowlie said she spoke to the teen's mother and was told Aminat "stole $31, had messed the house up" writing obscenities on the walls, she said.
Court earlier heard preparations were made to help Aminat, but a lot of times it never got beyond that and she was expelled from three different schools.
Final arguments will be made tomorrow.
NADIA.MOHARIB@SUNMEDIA.CA