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Mother accused of murder used cane on toddler after hearing scriptures online

Source: PA Media

A mother accused of murdering her three-year-old son told a jury how she hit him with a bamboo cane to punish him for messing around with his food after she heard religious instruction online.

Christina Robinson, 30, who denies murder and child neglect following the death of her son Dwelaniyah at the family home, said she was following Bible quotes she had seen on YouTube.

The defendant is a follower religion which follows the teachings of the Old and New Testament and the Apocrypha, and which says that they are a of Israel who were displaced to then sold into slavery.

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