Rot in HELL.
Magdelena Luczak and Mariusz Krezolek.
A mother and her partner have been found guilty of murdering her four-year-old son, who had been beaten and starved.
Daniel Pelka died from a head injury in Coventry in March 2012.
During a nine-week trial at Birmingham Crown Court the boy's emaciated body was likened by a doctor to that of a concentration camp victim.
... ... Mother Magdelena Luczak, 27, and her partner, Mariusz Krezolek, 34, had denied murder.
Both defendants gave a different version of events about what happened and blamed each other.
'Wretched existence'
The court heard Daniel's head injury was one of 30 he suffered and he weighed 14.8kg (32.6lb) in January 2011 and 13.8kg (30.4lb) three weeks before his death.
The court heard Mariusz Krezolek and Magdelena Luczak worked as a pair Det Insp Chris Hanson, of West Midlands Police, said Daniel's murder was "pre-planned and premeditated".
"He was beaten, he was drowned and he was poisoned with salt - it was an absolutely wretched existence," said Mr Hanson.
"The investigation has had a profound effect on us all.
"The team have fallen in love with this little boy and we have photographs of Daniel all around our office. We will never forget him."
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said starving Daniel had been forced to steal food from fellow pupils and from school dustbins.
Eryk Pelka, Daniel's biological father, said: "It's a great tragedy that such a little angel had to leave this world.
"I hope that those responsible will be punished severely."
Magdelena Luczak and Mariusz Krezolek.
A mother and her partner have been found guilty of murdering her four-year-old son, who had been beaten and starved.
Daniel Pelka died from a head injury in Coventry in March 2012.
During a nine-week trial at Birmingham Crown Court the boy's emaciated body was likened by a doctor to that of a concentration camp victim.
... ... Mother Magdelena Luczak, 27, and her partner, Mariusz Krezolek, 34, had denied murder.
Both defendants gave a different version of events about what happened and blamed each other.
'Wretched existence'
The court heard Daniel's head injury was one of 30 he suffered and he weighed 14.8kg (32.6lb) in January 2011 and 13.8kg (30.4lb) three weeks before his death.
The court heard Mariusz Krezolek and Magdelena Luczak worked as a pair Det Insp Chris Hanson, of West Midlands Police, said Daniel's murder was "pre-planned and premeditated".
"He was beaten, he was drowned and he was poisoned with salt - it was an absolutely wretched existence," said Mr Hanson.
"The investigation has had a profound effect on us all.
"The team have fallen in love with this little boy and we have photographs of Daniel all around our office. We will never forget him."
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said starving Daniel had been forced to steal food from fellow pupils and from school dustbins.
Eryk Pelka, Daniel's biological father, said: "It's a great tragedy that such a little angel had to leave this world.
"I hope that those responsible will be punished severely."
