Mother accused of murdering son sacks her authorized crew

A mom accused of murdering her three-year-old son has sacked her authorized crew the day after ending giving proof.

Christina Robinson is standing trial at Newcastle Crown Court accused of burning, caning and killing her son, Dwelaniyah, at their residence in County Durham. She denies homicide and little one cruelty.

Robinson gave proof on Wednesday and Thursday denying shaking the teenager to dying or intentionally burning him by placing him in scalding water. 

The case was attributable to transfer onto the subsequent stage on Friday however didn’t accomplish that after she determined to dispense with the companies of her barristers and solicitors.

Trial choose Mr Justice Garnham, who allowed Robinson to take a seat the place her barrister had been sitting, together with a dock officer, advised the jury: ‘There’s been a growth which has delayed us which I must inform you about. 

‘Ms Robinson has determined to dispense with the companies of her barristers and solicitors. She’s entitled to do this.

Christina Robinson is charged with burning and killing her three-year-old son Dwelaniyah at their residence in County Durham

The homicide accused mom has now sacked her authorized crew simply in the future after giving proof

‘Nobody is required to have a authorized crew representing them or have a specific authorized crew representing them. She determined to sack, successfully, her solicitors and barristers.

‘The query arises about how we proceed with out them being right here. We’ve determined she ought to have the remainder of the day to think about her place and seek the advice of with different individuals if she needs earlier than we go to the subsequent stage of the case. It means we will do nothing additional at present.’

Robinson, 30, is accused of killing Dwelaniyah on the household residence at Bracken Court, Ushaw Moor, Durham, in November 2022. 

The defendant, who’s a follower of the Black Hebrew Israelites faith, advised the jury that previous to his dying, she hit him with a bamboo backyard cane as a ‘correction’ for taking part in along with his meals.

She defined she was following a YouTube video concerning the faith which talked concerning the Bible encouraging the usage of the rod for self-discipline. 

Pictured: Detectives search Robinson’s residence in Ushaw Moor, County Durham

Pictured: Forensics on the scene the place Dwelaniyah was discovered ‘coated in minor accidents’

But she has denied violently shaking him, inflicting a deadly mind damage, claiming he collapsed whereas consuming.

She can be accused of intentionally scalding the little boy’s legs and buttocks in extraordinarily sizzling water as a punishment for soiling himself, round three weeks earlier than his dying. 

Robinson, initially from Tamworth, Staffordshire, has advised jurors that the boy was unintentionally burned whereas she washed him within the bathe.

The trial continues.