Woman on trial in Newcastle for killing son, 3, says she was obeying the Bible

Court hears Christina Robinson, a follower of Black Hebrew Israelite movement, deny causing fatal injury to son by shaking him

A mother who denies murdering her three-year-old son has admitted hitting him with a garden cane hours before he collapsed and died, saying she was following the teachings of the Bible.

Christina Robinson, who is a follower of the Black Hebrew Israelite movement, had been watching a YouTube video which quoted scripture promoting the rod for correction.