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Watch Christina Robinson tell police about son's collapse

This is the moment a mother accused of murdering her three-year-old son explained his collapse to police.

Christina Robinson said her son Dwelaniyah had been eating, then "went limp" at their home in Ushaw Moor, near Durham, on 5 November 2022.

Prosecutors later alleged she murdered him by forcefully shaking him, which she denied.

Footage from a body-worn police camera was shown to jurors at Newcastle Crown Court.

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21 March 2024

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