A mom accused of murdering her three-year-old son has advised jurors she sought after to have a minimum of ten youngsters.
Christina Robinson denies killing her son Dwelaniyah by way of violently shaking him at their house in Bracken Court docket, Ushaw Moor, Durham, in November 2022.
The 30-year-old may be accused of hitting him with a bamboo cane and intentionally scalding him, inflicting burns on his legs and buttocks, within the weeks ahead of his loss of life.
She denies homicide and kid cruelty.
Newcastle Crown Court docket has heard Robinson claims she was once allowed to reprimand the boy in step with the teachings of the Bible.
Giving proof, Robinson stated her marriage to Gabriel Adu-Appau was once failing later he joined the RAF and she or he appeared into the use of a sperm donor later they “broke up”.
Jamie Hill KC, protecting, requested what number of youngsters she sought after to have – to which she responded: “Double figures”. She additionally stated she were keen to be a surrogate mom for a chum.
Robinson stated her husband typically performed self-discipline in the home if each folks had been provide, and that he old footwear, a sandal, slippers, utensils or items of plank.
She advised jurors that later one year she had advised her husband “that was unnecessary” however that “it was as if what I had said did not matter”.
The courtroom has heard Mr Adu-Appau was once clear of the community house, serving on an RAF bottom alike Aylesbury, when Dwelaniyah was once fatally injured.
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Robinson advised jurors she had 4 miscarriages however her husband handiest knew about two of them. She added: “He wasn’t interested, he didn’t care that they died.
“It was once a dehydrated while for me, and I by no means have and I by no means will get well from them.”
The prosecution previously said burns covered as much as 20% of Dwelaniyah’s body and would have caused excruciating pain for several weeks.
Jurors have been shown paramedics’ body-cam footage as they tried to save the boy at the house, where Robinson said the youngster had hurt himself in the shower.
Dwelaniyah, whose heart had stopped beating, was taken to hospital but could not be saved.
On Wednesday, Robinson told the court her son was accidentally scalded when she washed him in the shower and the water suddenly became hot.
She said she did not realise he was getting burned by the water because he normally cried when he was showered.
Robinson did not seek medical attention for the burns, saying she treated them herself in the days following, even when she realised he was badly hurt.
She told jurors: “I already felt remorseful on the while when it came about, I didn’t cruel to try this to him.
“As it got worse and worse, it just looked really bad. I knew it would look really bad.”
The trial continues.
