Parents jailed for 'wanton cruelty' to daughter they believed possessed by devil

Girl suffered catastrophic brain injury and can no longer walk, talk or sit independently, court heard

The then nine-year-old girl was regularly punched, beaten with a belt and a stick, choked, bitten and badly burned all over her body at the hands of her parents, whose other children testified against them at trial last year.

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A mother and father who engaged in the “savage” abuse of their daughter, “destroyed” her and left her with a catastrophic brain injury, have been jailed for 14 years.