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Trial begins for mother, teenager in parking dispute stabbing

Mother, teen face assault charges

By Brian Ballou

 |  Globe Staff  

  April 26, 2012

A Roxbury woman and her teenage daughter went on trial Wednesday for allegedly stabbing a neighbor during an argument in 2010 over a parking spot that had been cleared of snow and saved with furniture. The case represents an extreme example of how parking-space savers, a longtime tradition in city neighborhoods that is respected by some but rejected by others, can sometimes boil over and lead to violence on the wintry streets.

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