1 March 2012 Last updated at 14:54 GMT Witchcraft murder couple guilty
Kristy Bamu suffered 101 injuries and was found dead in a bath
Eric Bikubi, 28, and Magalie Bamu, 29, from Newham, east London, had denied killing Bamu's 15-year-old brother Kristy.
Kristy drowned in a bath on Christmas Day in 2010, during torture to produce exorcism, an Old Bailey jury heard.
Bikubi had admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility, but the prosecution rejected his plea.
The pair, who were remanded in custody, are due to be sentenced on Monday.
Judge David Paget, who was presiding over his last trial before retiring, told the jury of seven women and five men that the case was so "harrowing" he was exempting them from jury service for the rest of their lives.
'Begged to die'
"It is a case we will all remember," he told them. "Court staff will speak to you and offer help to you."
During the trial, jurors heard Kristy was in such pain after three days of being attacked with knives, sticks, metal bars, a hammer and chisel that he "begged to die", before slipping under the water.
Kristy had been killed while he and his siblings were visiting Bikubi and Magalie Bamu for Christmas, the court was told.
During the stay, Bikubi turned on them, accusing them of bringing "kindoki" - or witchcraft - into his home.
He then beat all three of them and forced other children to join in with the attacks, the jury heard.
But it was Kristy who became the focus of the defendant's attention, the prosecution said.
'Abnormal mental state'
Bamu and Bikubi believed he had cast spells on another child in the family, the Old Bailey heard.
Kristy had refused to admit to sorcery and witchcraft and his punishments, in a "deliverance" ceremony, became more horrendous.
The defence had argued Bikubi was mentally ill when he carried out the killing, with a scan of his brain showing lesions which "probably contributed to an abnormal mental state".
However, the prosecution had rejected this as a plea to reduce the charge against him.
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Witchcraft murder couple guilty
Kristy Bamu suffered 101 injuries and was found dead in a bath A couple have been found guilty of murdering a teenager they had accused of using witchcraft.
Eric Bikubi, 28, and Magalie Bamu, 29, from Newham, east London, had denied killing Bamu's 15-year-old brother Kristy.
Kristy drowned in a bath on Christmas Day in 2010, during torture to produce exorcism, an Old Bailey jury heard.
Bikubi had admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility, but the prosecution rejected his plea.
The pair, who were remanded in custody, are due to be sentenced on Monday.
Judge David Paget, who was presiding over his last trial before retiring, told the jury of seven women and five men that the case was so "harrowing" he was exempting them from jury service for the rest of their lives.
'Begged to die'
"It is a case we will all remember," he told them. "Court staff will speak to you and offer help to you."
During the trial, jurors heard Kristy was in such pain after three days of being attacked with knives, sticks, metal bars, a hammer and chisel that he "begged to die", before slipping under the water.
Kristy had been killed while he and his siblings were visiting Bikubi and Magalie Bamu for Christmas, the court was told.
During the stay, Bikubi turned on them, accusing them of bringing "kindoki" - or witchcraft - into his home.
He then beat all three of them and forced other children to join in with the attacks, the jury heard.
But it was Kristy who became the focus of the defendant's attention, the prosecution said.
'Abnormal mental state'
Bamu and Bikubi believed he had cast spells on another child in the family, the Old Bailey heard.
Kristy had refused to admit to sorcery and witchcraft and his punishments, in a "deliverance" ceremony, became more horrendous.
The defence had argued Bikubi was mentally ill when he carried out the killing, with a scan of his brain showing lesions which "probably contributed to an abnormal mental state".
However, the prosecution had rejected this as a plea to reduce the charge against him.
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