Murder accused Kiahna Trott-Edwards has told the Supreme Court that she never intended to kill or seriously injure teenager Shijuan Mungal.

Ms Trott-Edwards told jurors she was “terrified” as the 16-year-old came straight at her and swung a wooden baseball bat at him because she thought “he was going to attack me in front of my daughter on my front step”.

Taking the stand for the second day yesterday the 32-year-old said she had not realised how serious Mr Mungal’s injuries were when he left the apartment complex on Ord Road where the incident had taken place. “I just wanted him to go away,” she said.

Ms Trott-Edwards is accused of inflicting the fatal head injury to Mr Mungal when she struck him to the back of his head on September 8, last year in Warwick.

She has admitted striking him twice with a baseball bat in self defence and claims the teenager “ducked” out of the way of the second blow that fractured his skull and caused bleeding on the brain.

Yesterday, under cross examination from the Director of Public Prosecution, Rory Field, Ms Trott-Edwards admitted that in hindsight she “maybe could have” taken her daughter inside her home when Mr Mungal approached her.

She refuted the prosecutor’s claim that she had struck Mr Mungal with the baseball bat as he left the apartment complex.

“It all happened so fast. This is a very unfortunate situation, all I wanted to do was leave the Island,” she said.

“Thinking back I wish I would have gone back in my house.

“If he was leaving I would not have hit him. I would never hit him if he was walking away.”

During further questions from Mr Field, Ms Trott-Edwards claimed that police had threatened witnesses into giving evidence.

She said: “If I had not given my account of events you would not have a case. I am talking about police threatening witnesses to give statements and police clearing statements. I am talking about the prosecution making up crazy allegations.”

Prior to the fatal incident, Ms Trott-Edwards and Mr Mungal were involved in a verbal altercation on a bus.

Witness, Tevahn Tyrell, a friend of Mr Mungal who was on the bus, said in evidence that Ms Trott-Edwards told Mr Mungal she would “beat him like his mama” during the row.

But Ms Trott-Edwards yesterday rejected ever saying she would beat Mr Mungal, suggesting that Mr Tyrell had been influenced by his mother.

Mr Field accused Ms Trott-Edwards of “deliberately lying” when she told police that she thought Mr Mungal was fine when he left the apartment complex.

She responded: “No I did not. I went to the police and told them. I had no reason to lie. I was not aware of his injuries. I did not know how serious they were.”

She also rejected the prosecutor’s assertion that she had delayed going to the police after she hit Mr Mungal with the baseball bat so she could get her story straight.

Yesterday afternoon MP Michael Weeks took the stand for the defence as a character witness. He told the court that Ms Trott-Edwards was his niece and he had known her all her life.

He said: “She is a gentle, fun-loving soul. She is a single mom who is very attentive to her children.

“Her behaviour has always been calm, non-threatening and jovial.”

Asked by defence barrister, Courtnay Griffiths QC, how he felt when he heard about the incident he said: “I was shocked because I have always known Kiahna and that was not part of her make-up. I assumed she had got into an altercation as a last resort.”

Ms Trott-Edwards denies murder. The case continues.