Yaseen Ali Ege murder trial: Mother Sara Ege faints in dock
A mother fainted in the dock when questioned about allegedly murdering her seven-year-old son and setting his body on fire to hide her crime.
Sara Ege, 32, of Pontcanna, Cardiff, who denies murder, passed out at Cardiff Crown Court when asked about beating her son Yaseen in July 2010.
She has previously told the jury her husband Yousuf, 38, killed their son.
She denies murder. Yousuf Ege denies causing his son's death by failing to protect him. The case continues.
The court was cleared for half an hour while Mrs Ege was revived by doctors.
After recovering she said: "My husband is the killer. I did nothing wrong, I never hurt my son.
"Yousef was hitting me and Yaseen came in the middle and was saying: "Don't hit mummy - don't hit mummy."
The court heard how Yaseen died of his injuries later the same day.
Mrs Ege claimed that after Yaseen's death, Yousef Ege left the house and his brother Nasser came to dispose of the body.
As her brother-in-law set light to her son's body, she screamed and tried to stop him being burned, the court heard.
"Nasser then left and I dragged Yaseen from the fire and ran downstairs to call 999," she said.
Mrs Ege claimed she was forced to confess to murder after a beating and threats from her brother-in-law.
The court heard Mrs Ege, originally from India, had an arranged marriage originally conceived and carried out over five days.
As a maths graduate she claims she expected a well educated and successful husband but found he was a postman and part-time taxi driver.
The court has previously heard that Yaseen was originally thought to have died in an accidental house fire.
However a post mortem examination showed he was dead before the fire started.
The jury has previously been told Mrs Ege was arrested by police and told them she had beat him to death and burned his body because the devil told her to do it.
But Mrs Ege told the court: "I was too scared of Yousef to tell the truth so I went along with his version of events.
"I was fearful for my life - they told me they would kill me if I didn't do what they said, I didn't have any choice.
"Yaseen was my little boy and I loved him to bits I would never have done anything to hurt him."
Mrs Ege was cross examined by Peter Birkitt, representing her husband, who said: "You never meant to kill Yaseen, but when you found that you had you panicked.
"You didn't know what to do and that's why you burnt the evidence of what you had been doing."
The case continues.