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The teen cried when she learned last week that she was getting out of jail. Her family attended court to support her and said they were relieved she’s out of the notorious Innes Road jail.

The trouble, according to police, began when an argument got out of control. At the height of the argument, Susan, 37, was stabbed multiple times. Her body was left in the family’s house for a day before being dumped in the trash.

A triable issue in the case is expected to be how police treated Kublu in interviews across several hours.

According to sources with knowledge of the interviews, the teen asked to leave several times after saying she didn’t want to answer a detective’s questions. At times during a nine-hour interview on Jan. 25, she was refused a chance to make follow-up calls with a lawyer.

The teen, who’s Indigenous and whose first language is Inuktitut, was questioned in English and supplied with cigarettes and pizza in the police interview room at the Elgin Street headquarters.

At one point, she cried for an hour straight while the detective kept asking questions.

At the end of it, she could no longer speak and was sick to her stomach.

She said it felt like torture.

According to those close to her, Kublu is confused about the legal system. She has a Grade 9 education and English is her second language. Her family has long considered her vulnerable, and lately, under the control of her boyfriend, who was charged with beating her up two weeks before the killing.

Kublu’s questioning, 16 hours in all, is expected to be vigorously contested in court. Condo intends to file charter applications, saying there was a total disregard for her young client.

Brown, who has a criminal record, remains in jail awaiting trial.

The allegations against Brown and Kublu have not been proven in court.

gdimmock@postmedia.com

Twitter: @crimegarden

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