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A mother in New York has been accused of beating her five-year-old son to death because he broke the television while playing a video game.

Kim Crawford was charged with murder and manslaughter in Bronx Criminal Court today.

Prosecutors said she admitted hitting the boy hard in the back and stomach over the broken TV.

Police found her son, Jamar Johnson, unconscious and not breathing at their home on.

An autopsy revealed internal abdominal injuries.

Defence lawyer Camille Abate said Crawford should not have been charged with murder because the facts did not establish that she tried to kill her child.