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A south Auckland mother wept as she went on trial in the High Court in Auckland today for murdering her three-year-old son.
The 32-year-old-woman and her 27-year-old partner denied the murder at the beginning of last year at their Otara home.
The couple also denied the wilful ill-treatment and manslaughter of the boy.
Both have name suppression, meaning the child's name cannot be published either.
The boy died in Auckland's Starship Children's Hospital on February 1 last year, the day after being admitted with life-threatening injuries.
Police said he received at least 50 to 60 blows to his body.
The trial before a jury of seven women and five men is expected to last up to three weeks.
- NZPA
