CONVICTED BOSTON MARATHON bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev broke down in court when his aunt testified.

Patimat Suleimanova sobbed as she answered a few basic questions about her 21-year-old nephew.

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The BBC reports that she was one of five family members who took to the stand yesterday.

One cousin said that Tsarnaev was a gentle child and that he cried while watching The Lion King.

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A jury is deciding if the 21-year-old should be sentenced to the death penalty.

His lawyers are arguing that his brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev was the driving force. He died days after the bombings during a shootout with police.

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Tsarnaev broke down as family said he was a gentle child who cried watching The Lion King

Read: Prosecutors use photo of Boston bomber giving the finger to push for death penalty>

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