Christina Robinson murdered her son Dwelaniyah by shaking him so violently she caused a fatal brain injury, a court heard today.
A jury has found a mother guilty of murdering her three-year-old son by shaking him so violently she caused a fatal brain injury.
She treated his injuries herself and did not seek medical help as safeguarding concerns would have been obvious if a health worker saw him.admitted hitting the little boy with a bamboo cane but claimed she was following a Bible scripture which advised the use of the rod for the “correction” of children.
Despite their efforts at the scene Dwelaniyah could not be saved and probably died at the house, although further attempts to resuscitate him were made in hospital. Her husband, Dwelaniyah’s father, Gabriel Adu-Appau was away from the family home when his son was repeatedly injured.His wife was using a sperm donor to try to conceive and, in October 2022, had also made contact with a man named Chisom Innocent Onoja using a dating app.
The judge said: “I know from looking at you, this has been a stressful process, you need to get away and do something else, and think about something more cheerful.Bruises formed Z shape in two places on three-year-old's body, court toldSpeaking after the verdict, Detective Chief Inspector Simon Turner, Senior Investigating Officer for Operation Aruana at Durham Constabulary, said Robinson had created a web of lies to cover up her unnecessary violence.
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