German parents were sentenced today for sending their starving daughter to lap of death. A Schwerin district court accused them for abusing and murdering their own child, as they did nothing to save their starving daughter.
They were sentenced to 11 years and 9 months of imprisonment.
Lea-Sophie, a 5 years old girl died of starvation and dehydration. She refused to take food after birth of her younger brother. Her body weight dropped to half when she was rushed to hospital for treatment .An autopsy showed that she died of starvation, dehydration and painful ulcers on November 20, 2007.
"Both of the accused stood by and did nothing while their own flesh and blood wasted away in misery," head judge Robert Piepel said when the verdict was announced. The parents denied their daughter help "that would have been so easy to get," he said. Source the local de.
The psychiatric experts found that both parents are suffering from personality disorder. They informed they did not seek medical care in fear that Child service would take her away. The father of the child allegedly used video games to alleviate his condition.
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