Boy, 3, 'scalded with boiling water by mum who beat him to death with cane' had over 70 injuries when he died in agony | 7828W98 | 2024-03-08 06:08:01
Little Dwelaniyah Robinson& died in agony weighing simply over 2st and had more than 70 accidents inflicted on his tiny body.
A THREE-year-old boy was scalded with boiling water earlier than his mum allegedly beat him to dying with a cane, a courtroom has heard.
Little Dwelaniyah Robinson& died in agony weighing simply over 2st and had more than 70 accidents inflicted on his tiny body.
Pathologist Dr Nigel Cooper, who carried out a submit mortem on Dwelaniyah, stated the burns to his legs, buttocks and genitals would have been "excruciatingly painful".
On the day he died the injuries would have left the harmless toddler "significantly debilitated", he added.
Christina Robinson, 30, is standing trial accused of murdering her son.
She is alleged to have induced a deadly head damage to the boy on the family residence in Ushaw Moor,& Durham, on November 5, 2022.
She can also be accused of intentionally scalding his legs and buttocks and hitting him with a bamboo cane.
Dr Cooper informed Newcastle Crown Courtroom Dwelaniyah's head damage occurred close to to the time of dying.
It was more likely to have concerned repetitive forceful motion of the top, probably by shaking or hitting a surface.
The burns suffered by the teenager, which coated "20 %" of his physique, might have contributed but have been unlikely the cause of his demise, the pathologist added.
While 19 tramline bruises on Dwelaniyah have been in keeping with being brought on by a thin stick, Dr Cooper stated.
Robinson alleges the teenager died after choking on a cheese sandwich and that burns have been suffered within the bathe.
Jurors at& Newcastle& Crown Courtroom have been proven physique worn footage of& Robinson& giving an account to& cops at her house as emergency staff tried to revive Dwelaniyah in the subsequent room.
She says: "We have been just downstairs and he was consuming his meals after which unexpectedly there was like a splutter in his eyes after which he type of just went limp.
"I didn't know what was happening. I assumed he was messing round as a result of he doesn't chew his meals very properly. I'd been working on him for perhaps five to 10 minutes."
Jurors additionally heard the call to the& emergency services& made by& Robinson the place she tells the operator his "eyes just need all weird".
Dr Cooper stated he had seen no evidence Dwelaniyah's airways have been blocked and dying from "inhaling a overseas physique could be very rare".
Robinson claims that as an alternative of looking for medical remedy for the burns she wrapped them in bandages.
There were also quite a few scratches, bruises and marks to his body.
Dr Cooper added: "He was coated in many accidents, back and front and I don't see how they will all be regular wear and tear. Some might have been."
Asked for his opinion about explanation for dying, the pathologist stated: "Head damage and contaminated burns."
Robinson denies murder and baby cruelty.
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