'Cowardly attack' targeted pregnant woman's stomach, UK court told

A heavily pregnant young woman was brutally beaten in the street by her ex-boyfriend intent on killing their unborn baby boy, a British court heard today.

Marks & Spencer shop assistant Malorie Bantala, 22, refused Kevin Wilson's pleas not to go ahead with having the child so on the evening of June 15, he allegedly took matters into his own hands and recruited a teenager to help.