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For the first time in nine months, an Ottawa mother came face-to-face Monday with the son who’s accused of trying to kill her.
The two smiled broadly and waved to each other as Iman Hammoud made her way to the witness stand to testify that her son, Zeid, punched and stabbed her in the back during a sudden attack last October.
As she was about to take the oath, she sought her son’s advice as to which holy book she should use.
“The Bible,” he called from the prisoner box.
Zeid, 33, is pleading not guilty to attempted murder, aggravated assault, assault with a weapon, uttering threats and five credit-card related offences.
He is defending himself, with the aid of a court-appointed lawyer, and being tried by judge alone.
Zeid has been in custody since the incident and, because of his mother’s role in the case, she has not been allowed to visit him in jail. The two were allowed to speak by phone recently so he could thank her for sending him a birthday card.
When asked by Crown prosecutor Sarah Fountain if she recognized the man in the prisoner box she briefly broke down: “He’s my son,” she cried.
Iman testified that Zeid, the elder of her two sons, had been an “angel” until two weeks before the incident during the morning of Oct. 15, 2013.
The two lived together in a small one-bedroom apartment. She slept in the bedroom and he slept on the living room couch.
Around nine o’clock, while she was sitting on her bed reading, Iman testified that her son suddenly appeared in her room, snatched a book from her hand, grabbed two others and tossed them from the balcony.
Zeid then punched her three or four times on the back, she said, before returning with a knife.
“He tried to slice me here,” she said, drawing fingers across her throat.
She then described how she folded her body forward to protect her throat and he stabbed her in the back and left the apartment.
She called 911 and paramedics rushed her to the hospital, where was treated and released a week later.
“I thought I was going to die,” she said. “I can’t breathe. I can’t move. They saved my life. Thank Canada. Thank God.”
Two weeks before the alleged stabbing, Iman testified that Zeid had threatened to kill her and burn down their apartment building.
As they left the courtroom for the lunch break, she stood in front of her son, stared and smiled lovingly at him.
The trial is continuing.
ccobb@ottawacitizen.com
twitter.com/chrisicobb
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The two smiled broadly and waved to each other as Iman Hammoud made her way to the witness stand to testify that her son, Zeid, punched and stabbed her in the back during a sudden attack last October.
As she was about to take the oath, she sought her son’s advice as to which holy book she should use.
“The Bible,” he called from the prisoner box.
Zeid, 33, is pleading not guilty to attempted murder, aggravated assault, assault with a weapon, uttering threats and five credit-card related offences.
He is defending himself, with the aid of a court-appointed lawyer, and being tried by judge alone.
Zeid has been in custody since the incident and, because of his mother’s role in the case, she has not been allowed to visit him in jail. The two were allowed to speak by phone recently so he could thank her for sending him a birthday card.
When asked by Crown prosecutor Sarah Fountain if she recognized the man in the prisoner box she briefly broke down: “He’s my son,” she cried.
Iman testified that Zeid, the elder of her two sons, had been an “angel” until two weeks before the incident during the morning of Oct. 15, 2013.
The two lived together in a small one-bedroom apartment. She slept in the bedroom and he slept on the living room couch.
Around nine o’clock, while she was sitting on her bed reading, Iman testified that her son suddenly appeared in her room, snatched a book from her hand, grabbed two others and tossed them from the balcony.
Zeid then punched her three or four times on the back, she said, before returning with a knife.
“He tried to slice me here,” she said, drawing fingers across her throat.
She then described how she folded her body forward to protect her throat and he stabbed her in the back and left the apartment.
She called 911 and paramedics rushed her to the hospital, where was treated and released a week later.
“I thought I was going to die,” she said. “I can’t breathe. I can’t move. They saved my life. Thank Canada. Thank God.”
Two weeks before the alleged stabbing, Iman testified that Zeid had threatened to kill her and burn down their apartment building.
As they left the courtroom for the lunch break, she stood in front of her son, stared and smiled lovingly at him.
The trial is continuing.
ccobb@ottawacitizen.com
twitter.com/chrisicobb
查看原文...
