Couple given life for starving son, 4, to death

A couple who left a four-year-old boy alone to die after subjecting him to months of “unprecedented” starvation and horrifying cruelty have both been jailed for at least 30 years.

Magdelena Luczak and Mariusz Krezolek listened intently in the dock but showed no sign of emotion as Mrs Justice Cox condemned their “unfathomable” campaign of brutality against Daniel Pelka.

Daniel’s mother and stepfather, both originally from Poland, were unanimously convicted of murder on Wednesday after blaming each other for the head injury which ultimately caused his death.