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Tributes to murdered Daniel Pelka on his eighth birthday after mother dies in prison

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.

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Pelka mourners say mother's cell death is 'lowest act'

Angela Sidlow has today been placing tributes at the memorial of murdered Coventry schoolboy Daniel Pelka on what would've have been his eighth birthday.

Yesterday Daniel's mother Magdalena Luczak, was found dead in prison, where she was serving a 30 year jail term for killing her son in 2012.

Angela says no one will cry for her, and criticised the timing of her death.

Prison officers said she was found unresponsive in her cell at HMP Foston Hall in Derbyshire at 7:15am. No details have yet been released into exactly how she died.

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