Newham Murder
A couple will be jailed for life today for torturing and drowning a teenage boy they accused of being a witch.
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Couple face "witch" murder sentence
A couple will be jailed for life today for torturing and drowning a teenage boy they accused of being a witch. Kristy Bamu was killed by his sister and her partner in a bath at a tower block in Newham on Christmas Day 2010.
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Investigating witchcraft
Our reporter Ronke Phillips travelled to the Democratic Republic of Congo with the African religion expert Dr Richard Hoskin to investigate the practise the form of witchcraft known as Kindoki. Kristy Bamu was murdered because his killers believed he was possessed.
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