July 31, 2007
Source: The Northern Echo
A MOTHER serving life for murdering her baby son will sue prison bosses for refusing her a native American drum so she can talk to the dead.
Chah Oh-Niyol Kai Whitewind says wardens at Low Newton prison, in Durham, are violating her human rights because they will not allow her to keep potions, spell books and a peace pipe in her cell.
The Birmingham mother-of-three was jailed for life in 2003 for suffocating her 12-week-old son, Bidziil, because he would not breast-feed.
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She changed her name after she became obsessed with native American culture and practises a religion that she describes as Shamanic paganism.
The 31-year-old has written to prison bosses complaining of "pagan persecution".