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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Mark Brown North of England correspondent

Woman accused of murdering son, 3, in Durham says Bible allowed caning

Dwelaniyah Robinson
Dwelaniyah Robinson died as a result of a head injury caused by violent shaking in November 2022. Photograph: Family handout/PA

A woman accused of murdering her three-year-old son beat him with a bamboo cane and said she was allowed to do so because the Bible told her to chastise him.

Christina Robinson, 30, also immersed her son in scalding hot water causing severe burns and shook him so violently that it resulted in brain damage, a court heard.

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