The woman charged with second-degree murder in the death of a teenager at a downtown C-Train station made her first court appearance Friday.

Waving and blowing kisses at her family, Natalie Pasqua, 25, was led into provincial court in Calgary.

Natalie Pasqua, 25, was charged by Calgary police with the death of teenager Gage Prevost.
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She was arrested in Edmonton on Aug. 26 following a complaint that someone was spraying graffiti on a building.

She was later charged by Calgary police with the death of Gage Prevost, 17. The teenager died instantly of massive internal injuries after he was pushed between the cars of a moving train at a downtown transit station on Aug. 1.

"I still don't know how I'm feeling right now. I just hope Gage gets some justice," said his father Dale Prevost, struggling to hold back his emotions after Pasqua's court appearance.

Defence lawyer Andre Ouellette told reporters Pasqua will try to appeal for bail.

"This court can't deal with her release … so as soon as I find out who the assigned prosecutor is, we'll set up a date for Court of Queen's Bench to deal with her release."

Besides the second-degree murder charge, Pasqua is facing charges on other minor offences.

After her arrest in Edmonton last weekend, she was transported to Calgary to face a total of 18 charges. Among them are unrelated weapons and drug offences and numerous counts of failing to appear for previous court dates.

She is due to appear in court again on Sept. 7.

Ouellette said Pasqua is not doing very well, due to the serious nature of the charges and the attention focused on her.

"There has been publicity. She's been kind of vilified by the press," he said. "It's a tough situation to be in."

Prevost had lived in P.E.I. before moving west and still has family on the Island. The teenager had attended East Wiltshire Junior High School. With files from the Canadian Press