Mother killed son hours after school, court told

A parent killed her four-year-old lad successful eastbound London by stabbing him dozens of times hours aft collecting the lad from school, a tribunal has heard.

Kobi Dooly-Macharia was recovered by officers successful December 2023 successful his cot with dozens of weapon wounds, Inner London Crown Court heard connected Monday.

Keziah Macharia, 43, has been charged with murdering Kobi, but she has been deemed unfit to basal trial.

Mrs Justice Thornton is holding a "fact-finding hearing" to determine if Macharia killed Kobi, but not if she murdered him.

She told jurors not to "consider her authorities of caput and whether she is astatine fault", which would beryllium needed for a execution verdict.

Outlining the inheritance to the case, Prosecutor Mukul Chawla KC said Ben Dooly and Macharia started a narration aft gathering successful 2018 and their lad Kobi was calved successful September 2019.

The mates lived unneurotic with Kobi successful Macharia's first-floor level successful Montague Road, Hackney, but the narration deteriorated aft his birth, helium added.

Mr Dooly moved retired and started sleeping connected the sofa 2 oregon 3 days a week but this ended aft helium met his existent girlfriend, Sasha Sasheva, the tribunal heard.

Macharia was "very unhappy" with Kobi spending immoderate clip with Ms Sasheva, Mr Chawla said, adding Ms Sasheva blocked Macharia connected her telephone and connected societal media due to the fact that of messages she received.

Mr Dooly past saw Kobi live astatine his schoolhouse nativity play the time earlier the alleged attack, jurors heard.

CCTV played to the tribunal showed Macharia collecting her lad from Nightingale Primary School wherever Kobi could beryllium seen leaving wearing a overgarment and carrying a reddish balloon, accompanied by Macharia.

"You spot thing of distress oregon thing retired of the mean successful presumption of her demeanour", the authoritative said.

He added: "It appears that astatine immoderate constituent that evening the suspect started drinking alcohol; erstwhile she started drinking and however overmuch she drank cannot beryllium established".

The tribunal heard aboriginal that evening Macharia sent a bid of WhatsApp messages to Mr Dooly - with the last 1 saying "Kobi is dead".

Police were past contacted and jurors were shown body-worn footage from officers taken connected the nighttime arsenic they broke the doorway successful connected Macharia's home.

Jurors were shown footage of Macharia successful blood-stained apparel sitting connected the surviving country level successful beforehand of the sofa.

Police were heard asking "who did this?" and Mr Chawla said "she raises her manus to her chest, acknowledging it was her".

Officers documented her saying she tried to instrumentality an overdose and harm herself, the authoritative added.

Macharia was taken to Stoke Newington Police presumption and had "a precise blunted muted affect" and intermittently sobbed, Mr Chawla said.

"She told officers repeatedly she conscionable wanted her babe back, and she conscionable wanted to spot his saccharine face", helium added.

The proceedings continues.

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