Daughter admits stabbing school dinner lady mum to death
A daughter accused of stabbing her mother to death and filmed the aftermath of the attack on her phone has admitted killing her.
Hanaa Bennis (corr), 21, knifed school dinner lady Aziza Bennis, 58, more than 30 times in Boddington Gardens, Acton, west London, on 15 August last year.
She appeared at the Old Bailey today wearing a black jumper with long curly hair and admitted manslaughter but denied murder.
Police arrived with the London Ambulance Service and London’s Air Ambulance to find the victim suffering from multiple stab wounds.
Despite their best efforts, the mother-of-two was pronounced dead at the scene.
A post-mortem examination has found the cause of death to be multiple stab injuries.
Mother-of-one Hanaa was charged two days later with the murder.
She denies murder on the basis of diminished responsibility and her lawyers will argue her mental function was impaired when she killed her mother.
Prosecutor Joel Smith earlier told the court that Hanaa was involved in a ‘volatile relationship’ with her mother.
Police were called after neighbours heard ‘screams and sounds of a disturbance’ coming from the address and Aziza Bennis saying: ‘Please don’t hurt me!’
Mr Smith told the court at one point Hanaa could be heard saying: ‘I’m sorry, I’m sorry.’
Police found the victim collapsed in the lounge and recovered a blood-stained knife, the court heard.
Mr Smith said a postmortem revealed Aziza had been stabbed more than 30 times.
Police found a video on Hanaa’s mobile phone showing the scene after the killing, the court heard.
‘She pans the camera around the lounge showing her mother covered in blood.
‘She then shows the blood-stained knife to the camera,’ said Mr Smith.
Bennis, of Uxbridge Road, Ealing, admits manslaughter but denies murder.
She was remanded in custody ahead of her two-week trial at the Old Bailey on 31 July.
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