Hamid Ayoub trial: daughter who survived attack testifies at father’s trial [Video]

The daughter of a man accused of killing her mother and of trying to kill her in a stabbing attack in Ottawa’s west end in June 2021 took the stand at his trial Thursday.

The daughter, whom CTV News is not naming, told court about several instances of alleged abuse she witnessed, including one time in 2013, when she saw her father “holding a knife” to her mother before he allegedly said, “I’m going to kill you.”

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The woman, now 26, told court that by the time she was nine her mother Hanadi Mohamed had been hit “more than once” and they had sought refuge at shelters, hotels and Airbnb’s over the years “due to abuse.”

Hamid Ayoub has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and attempted murder. He had earlier pleaded guilty to the …