Daniel Pelka's mother and her partner have been jailed for a minimum of 30 years each for murdering the 4-year-old child in Britain.

Judge Mrs. Justice Cox said Magdelena Luczak and Mariusz Krezolek had subjected Daniel to “truly horrific” suffering as she sentenced both to life.

Daniel was beaten, starved and poisoned with salt by the pair, who hid the abuse by claiming he had an eating disorder.

The boy was left in his room to die for around 33 hours after he suffered a head injury on March 1st 2012.

Luczak, 27, and Krezolek, 34, had denied murder and tried to blame each other for the death during the trial at Birmingham Crown Court.

11 of the 12 jurors who convicted the pair in less than 4 hours returned to court to see them sentenced and one broke down in tears as the judge made her final comments on the case.

Mrs. Justice Cox said the trial had heard "harrowing details of the unimaginable acts inflicted on Daniel. She said she had not seen a "single sign of genuine remorse" from Luczak or Krezolek.

In front of a packed court, she told them "Both of you are in breach of what is probably the most important position of trust - as the parent of a small child."

Daniel's death prompted a serious case review by Coventry's Safeguarding Children Board, with a report due to be published in the next six weeks.

The review will examine why police and social services did not get involved after staff at Daniel's school - Coventry Little Heath Primary School - noticed bruising on his neck and what appeared to be two black eyes.