Mother accused of murdering three-year-old son ‘wanted at least 10 kids’

A mother accused of murdering her three-year-old son has told jurors she wished she had at least ten children.

Christina Robinson denies violently shaking her son Dwelaniyah to death at their home in Bracken Court, Ushaw Moor. DurhamNovember 2022.

The 30-year-old is also accused of hitting him with a bamboo cane and deliberately scalding him in the weeks before his death, causing burns to his legs and buttocks.

She denies murder and child abuse.

Newcastle Crown Court heard Robinson said she was allowed to reprimand the boy. biblical teachings.

Giving evidence, Robinson said her marriage to Gabriel Adu-Abo failed after he joined the RAF and she considered using a sperm donor after they “broke up”.

Defense barrister Jamie Hill KC asked her how many children she wanted and she replied: “Double that number”. She also said that she has always been willing to be a surrogate mother for a friend.

Robinson said her husband typically enforces discipline at home if both parents are present, using shoes, sandals, slippers, utensils or wood chips.

She told jurors that at one point she told her husband “it wasn’t necessary” but “it was like what I said didn’t matter”.

The court heard Mr Adu-Abao, who was serving at an RAF base near Aylesbury, was away from home when de Veranier was seriously injured.

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Robinson told jurors she had four miscarriages, but her husband only knew about two of them. She added: “He wasn’t interested, he didn’t care that they died.

“It was a difficult time for me and I have never recovered from it and I will never recover from it.”

Prosecutors previously said Dwelaniyah suffered burns to 20 percent of his body, causing severe pain for weeks.

Jurors saw body camera footage of paramedics trying to save the boy at the home, who Robinson said was injured while taking a shower at the home.

De Veranier’s heart stopped beating and he was taken to hospital but could not be saved.

On Wednesday, Robinson told the court she was giving her son a bath in the shower when the water suddenly became hot and she was accidentally scalded.

She said she didn’t realize he had been burned by the water because he usually cries when he takes a shower.

Robinson did not seek medical attention for the burns, which she said she treated herself over the next few days even as she realized the severity of his injuries.

She told jurors: “I was already mortified when it happened and I didn’t mean to do this to him.

“As things get worse and worse, it looks really bad. I know it’s going to look bad.”

The trial continues.