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Pelka mum 'kept bruises a secret'

Magdelena Luczak, mother of Daniel Pelka, has told her trial she did not take her son to the doctors because he "would always have lots of bruises". Luczak and her ex partner Mariusz Krezolek, deny murder and causing or allowing the death of a child.

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Stepfather of starved boy 'checked belly for bumps'

Magdalena Luczak has told the jury at Birmingham Crown Court that her son Daniel Pelka was being refused meals at home in January 2012, and that her partner Mariusz Krezolek checked the boy's belly to see if had eaten:

Every other day, when I was bringing the children from school, Mariusz (Krezolek) was checking Daniel's belly. If the belly had a bump, he'd ask, 'have you been taking sandwiches again?'

Daniel was so (afraid), he would always say yes. And then Mariusz wasn't allowing me to give him supper or dinner.

When asked by her barrister to explain "how it came about that a mother was prevented from feeding her own son", Luczak said:

(Krezolek) wasn't allowing me to feed him. He was saying: 'If he was fed very well at school, he's not going to eat at home.' When I explained to him that Daniel was taking sandwiches because he was hungry, I had nothing to say about it (Krezolek did not listen).

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