Vies verhaal op Newsnight zonet: mensen die hun kindje dood lieten gaan van honger. Brr.

A couple have been found guilty of torturing and neglecting their two-year-old daughter to death.

An Old Bailey jury found Dennis Henry, 39, and Leanne Labonte, 20, guilty of manslaughter and child cruelty.

Ainlee Walker’s body was found on a table at the couple’s flat in Plaistow, east London on 7 January this year.

Henry was sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment and Labonte to 10 years’ youth detention.

They had blamed each other for the 64 injuries found on the child’s body, including cigarette burns, bruises and scratches.

Ainlee was “grossly emaciated”

The court was told during the trial that Ainlee had been known to Newham social services.

There had been home visits and case meetings and she had been considered for placement on the child protection register when she was less than 12 months old.

The trial heard Labonte had begun to leave the child’s care to Henry, an alcoholic and drug user who could become violent and abusive.

Ainlee had been so badly neglected, she looked like a famine victim.

In the last few weeks of her life she was hardly fed and was virtually abandoned. [BBC News]

Geen straf is genoeg voor dergelijke mensen. String ‘em up by the nuts, says I.

And on that note: I’m off to bed. Cheerio.