eric bikubi and magalie bamu are accused of the murder. the boy died with 130 separate injuries.t story of the murder of kristy bamu has thrown the spotlight on the beliefs about witchcraft. we heard the story of four siblings. >> sunday in the democratic republic of congo. this church is known for its exorcisms of disease and evil spirits. in the case of this child, there was no suggestion of ill treatment but there is growing concern that some cases, belief in witchcraft is leading to abuse. we travel to a village just outside of king charles set to meet patrick. he is training to be a mechanic. died, his mother took him in along with his brothers and two sisters. it was not long before she turned on the children accusing them of witchcraft. fo>> my grandmother told the entire neighborhood that we were witches and that we have killed our mother. once we were in the church and she put my little brother's hands in boiling water. if the people from the neighborhood had not stopped her, he would have died. >> you were not allowed to make friends. she first us to work to earn our li

eric bikubi tried to drive the spirits out of them through beatins. the children's parents received numerous phone calls. the father as many regrets. he even said, if you don't collect me, on will eric is going to kill me -- uncle eric is going to kill me. >> i could not hear any distress in his voice. >> they planned to travel to england on boxing day but why didn't they call the police? >> it was not me you had a problem with someone, it was eric who had a problem with kristy. >> how can a belief in witchcraft lead to the deaths of kristy a world away? in the african countries where this is a widely held belief, churches hold exorcisms involve grain and fasting but the court that was told in this case that this was utterly feral. six years ago, a woman's murders said that they were reading her of evil spirits. professionals and community leaders need to work together to make sure that children are protected. >> in our culture, we should protect the child. going forward in this case here, the rights of the child to be protected should be paramount. fa