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Keshroy Bristol confessed that he killed his mother, his ex-girlfriend told an Edmonton jury Thursday.
"He told me all the gruesome details," Delmy Vega-Medrano testified.
"That she fell and he strangled her from behind."
Bristol, 21, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of his mother Beverly Parker. Parker, 49, was slain outside her Edmonton home in February 2008.
Vega-Medrano told the jury she kept quiet about his confession, even after she was also charged with first-degree murder.
Bristol abused her and she was afraid of him, she said. "He belittled me. He threatened me ... I was completely disposable."
The charges against her were later dropped.
Vega-Medrano admitted to the jury she has told a different story before under oath.
When Crown prosecutor Jason Russell asked her why she changed her version of events, she replied: "Because now I'm not scared."
Vega-Medrano will be cross-examined by Bristol's lawyer on Friday.
The jury was also shown a videotape where Bristol tells a homicide detective he strangled his mother because she wanted to adopt his baby daughter.