Court convicts mother and stepfather of murder of boy, four

A callous mother and stepfather who battered to death a four-year-old boy after subjecting him to six months of systematic starvation and “incomprehensible” cruelty have been found guilty of murder in the UK.

A jury at Birmingham Crown Court convicted Magdelena Luczak and Mariusz Krezolek of killing Daniel Pelka after hearing how he was denied food, regularly “imprisoned” in a locked room, force-fed salt and made to perform arduous punishment exercises.