Opening the case for the prosecution on Tuesday, Mr Wright said Dwelaniyah “had no known concerning medical history” and had been in his mother’s sole care.
Mr Wright said his body revealed that over a period of time before his death he had been the “victim of a series of assaults and had sustained a number of non-accidental injuries”.
“In other words, somebody had been deliberately hurting this little boy and had been doing so over a period of time,” Mr Wright said.
“That person was his mother, the defendant Christina Robinson.”
Mr Wright said the defendant admitted she hit her son with a bamboo cane, but said she was allowed to do so because “the bible tells her that she should chastise her child”.
The court also heard that between 15 and 20% of the surface area of Dwelaniyah’s body had been burned and he would have been in “excruciating pain”.
The trial continues.