MONTREAL - A woman alleged to have stabbed her daughter in the head in a so-called "honour crime" has been declared fit to stand trial.
Johra Kaleki will return to Quebec court on July 26 for a bail hearing. The prosecution says it will seek to have Kaleki remain behind bars.
Kaleki, 38, is charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault and assault with a weapon against her own 19-year-old daughter.
She had been sent to a psychiatric hospital for evaluation at the defence's request, and the results were deposited with the court Monday.
"There were two things that were evaluated: her fitness to stand trial and her responsibility," Crown prosecutor Anne Gauvin told reporters outside the courtroom.
"At this stage, she comes back fit and responsible."
The Crown said it would oppose Kaleki's attempt at bail because of the emotions involved in the case.
Gauvin argued unsuccessfully that Kaleki should be barred from speaking with her family, notably her husband Ebrahim Ebrahimi.
Ebrahimi will be the one putting up bail in two weeks' time. The Crown fears there will be pressure on the victim to alter her testimony or simply not testify at all.
"It (parental pressure) could change the way it's related in court," Gauvin said.
"She's (the victim) sort of facing her mother, what happened to her is not something ordinary and the pressure is there."
The incident occurred inside the family's Montreal-area home in the early morning hours of June 13.
The daughter is said to have returned home after a late night out and police said Kaleki was in a hysterical state.
Initial police reports suggested Kaleki's husband tried to stop the attack.
Police quickly reached a conclusion that they were dealing with a so-called "honour" crime -- an attack by a family on one of its members for an act believed to have brought shame to the family.
Ebrahimi has said the case was a misunderstanding and has pleaded with authorities to release his wife and reunite the family.
The 19-year-old victim, the eldest of four daughters, has since returned home after spending some time in hospital.
