In October, Hamid Ayoub was found guilty of first-degree murder of his estranged wife, Hanadi Mohammed. Nine years before the stabbing, police were called to their home for domestic violence. Advocates say the fact that nothing came of it shows the victim was failed by the police service.
On March 7, 2012, Hanadi Mohammed and Hamid Ayoub’s children told Ottawa police they woke up to a loud slap.
This was nine years before Ayoub murdered Mohammed and nearly murdered their 22-year-old daughter in front of the home they had moved into to escape him.
A jury found Ayoub guilty in October of first-degree murder and attempted murder in that attack.
After hearing the noise, the children went to their parents’ room where Ayoub told them nothing had happened. After they left, they heard another slap.
“Both children entered the room and observed Mohammed screaming for help,” reads the report typed up by Const. Godfrey …