Tributes are being left at the Coventry memorial to four-year-old Daniel Pelka on what would have been his eighth birthday. Daniel's mother, Magdalena Luczak, was found dead yesterday afternoon in prison, where she was serving a 30 year jail term.
Prison officers found Daniel Pelka's mother unresponsive in her prison cell at HMP Foston in Derbyshire at around 7:15 am this morning.
Magdalena Luczak was serving a minimum 30 year jail term for the murder of 4-year-old Daniel from Coventry, who died in 2012.
A Ministry of Justice spokesman said:
Daniel Pelka's mother has been found dead in her prison cell. Here's a timeline of the cruelty the four-year-old from Coventry suffered.
The mother of murdered 4-year-old Daniel Pelka has died in prison says the Ministry of Justice.