A WOMAN killed her baby son by “violently” shaking him and striking his head against a hard surface, a court heard reports the BBC.

Eloddie Goncalves, 33, is charged with murdering 12-week-old Malik Goncalves at her flat in Joyners Field, Harlow in August 2020.

Social services told her not to drink alcohol or be alone with Malik, a trial at Chelmsford Crown Court heard.

Her partner Muritala Olaiya-Imam is accused of allowing the child’s death.

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