Mother appeals against death by stoning sentence

Baby in her arms, a single mother condemned by an Islamic court to death by stoning appeared in a Nigerian court today today to appeal against the sentence that has drawn an international outcry.

Amina Lawal, 32, in blue and brown dress and pink veil, seemed overwhelmed at the crush of riot police and journalists. “All these cameras, all these policemen,” she said, tears in her eyes, as she made her way inside.