Jury to retire in trial of mother accused of manslaughter
Olabisi Abubakar is accused of killing her three-year-old son through religious fasting
A mother accused of killing her three-year-old son through religious fasting was insane at the time, a court has been told.
Olabisi Abubakar from Cardiff, is on trial charged with manslaughter and two counts of child cruelty relating to the death of Taiwo Abubakar.
Cardiff Crown Court heard that police forced entry to Abubakar's flat in the Cathays area in June 2020 after a friend raised concerns for her welfare.
She was found lying on a sofa bed next to the body of her son, Taiwo, who had died from malnutrition and dehydration.
Abubakar was sectioned the following day and has remained detained in hospital to receive treatment for paranoid schizophrenia.
The evidence in her trial has concluded and Mrs Justice Jefford has begun summing up the evidence to the jury; she's due to send them out to consider verdicts this morning.
The judge says it's not disputed that Abubakar did the acts alleged, but her defence team says she is not guilty by reason of insanity, a verdict only a jury can return.