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A mother and her partner who subjected her son to an "absolutely wretched existence" before killing him are due to be sentenced later.
Magdelena Luczak and Mariusz Krezolek, were convicted of four-year-old Daniel Pelka's murder on Wednesday.
Daniel was beaten and starved by the pair and his emaciated body was likened by a doctor to a concentration camp victim, Birmingham Crown Court heard.
Luczak, 27, and Krezolek, 34, had denied murder and blamed each other.
During their nine-week trial, the defendants gave a different version of events about what happened to Daniel, who eventually died from a head injury.
'Poisoned with salt'
The court heard that injury was one of 30 he suffered in the run up to his murder, which West Midlands Police said was "pre-planned and premeditated".
Jurors were also told how Daniel was left to die in his room - described as an unheated "cell" - for around 33 hours after suffering the head injury at his Coventry home, on 1 March last year.
Det Insp Chris Hanson said that before he died "[Daniel] was beaten, he was drowned and he was poisoned with salt - it was an absolutely wretched existence".
During the trial, the court heard how Krezolek and Luczak, who came to the UK from Poland in 2006, hid the horrifying abuse by claiming Daniel had an eating disorder.
However, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said starving Daniel had been forced to steal food from fellow pupils and from school dustbins.
At time of death, he weighed just 1st 7lb (10.7kg) and had been reduced to the point of "skeletal emaciation".
Despite blaming each other, text messages between Krezolek and Luczak proved they worked as a team.
Serious case review
One text from Krezolek encouraged Luczak to lock Daniel in his box room. Another, from Luczak, said she had nearly drowned him.
Krezolek, a factory worker, and Luczak were both drinking heavily and taking drugs, at the time of the abuse.
Daniel's death is the subject of a serious case review by Coventry's Safeguarding Children Board and a report is due to be published in the next six weeks.
The review will look at 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.
Krezolek had denied murder and causing or allowing Daniel's death.
Luczak denied murder but had admitted through her counsel that she was guilty of causing or allowing her son's death.
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