Anything that is around because he is angry,” said Ariel Robinson on the bodycam footage shown Wednesday. “He will hit her with a shoe, he’ll find one of Austin’s belts, a hanger. She also blamed Smith’s older brother for some of the bruising. The footage showed the child unresponsive on her bedroom floor, covered in bruises.Īriel Robinson was shown in the footage blaming Smith and herself partly for doing CPR incorrectly. The jury also saw bodycam footage on Wednesday taken when first responders arrived on the scene on the day of the incident. Homicide by child abuse carries a 25- year-to-life sentence. He also fibbed twice about losing a job and pawned items without telling his wife.Īustin Robinson faces 10 to 20 years in prison and will be sentenced at the trial’s end. He acknowledged he lied when he told her he graduated from high school and later earned a GED, even as she threw a party to celebrate. The beating allegedly went on for about an hour, he said.ĭefense attorney Bill Bouton tried to knock down Austin Robinson’s testimony, getting him to admit that he had often lied to his wife during their 14-year marriage. He claimed he did not know his wife was hitting the child with a belt until he went inside. The child suffered severe bruising and later died from internal injuries sustained during the beating.Īustin Robinson said on the day of the beating, his wife was heard yelling at the child and he could hear her beating Smith even though he was outside in his yard. He said his wife used a belt on Smith because the young girl was not eating her breakfast pancakes fast enough. He has pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting homicide by child abuse. He gave a tearful account of his wife’s alleged abuse of the child. Before they did, the jury on Tuesday heard from Austin Robinson, Ariel Robinson’s husband. The prosecution rested its case Wednesday.
The child was under the care of Robinson and her husband in a foster program. Her husband is awaiting his sentencing.ĮARLIER: The former winner of the Food Network’s Worst Cooks in America reality competition is expected to testify on Thursday in her South Carolina murder trial.Īriel Robinson stands accused of homicide by child abuse in the death of 3-year-old Victoria “Tori” Smith. Their vehicles were still at the house, as were their two dogs.Robinson, age 30, was sentenced Thursday to life in prison, according to Judge Letitia Verdin. JT Codd, 45, worked as a grip in the film industry, handling cameras and other equipment, on projects including HBO’s “Carnivale.”įamily members reported the couple missing on Sunday, however, according to arrest warrants investigators believe the victims died on Thursday. Robert Jason Owens - who lived in the same city of Leicester, North Carolina, as the couple - was charged with two counts of first degree murder, one count of murder of an unborn child, breaking and entering, and larceny on Tuesday.Ī celebrity chef and caterer, Cristie Schoen, 38, had been a finalist on Season 8 of the Food Network competition series and was five months pregnant at the time of her disappearance, according to the Citizen Times.Īlso Read: Robert Durst Charged With Murder of Susan Berman by LA County Prosecutors A North Carolina man has been charged with the murders of former “Food Network Star” contestant Cristie Schoen Codd, her husband Joseph “JT” Codd and their unborn child.
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