A seven-year-old girl has died after suffering starvation, it has emerged.
Neighbours saw Khyra Ishaq with other children grabbing bread that had been thrown out for birds.
The girl was rescued with five other children from a house in Handsworth, Birmingham.
She was discovered on Sunday and died later in hospital.
A man aged 29 and a woman aged 33 have appeared before Birmingham Magistrates and were remanded into custody.
A neighbour in the Leyton Road area described seeing children at the home grabbing bread which had been thrown out for birds.
West Midlands police refused to confirm that starvation was the cause of death.
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-1316726,00.html
What a sad story...
Neighbours saw Khyra Ishaq with other children grabbing bread that had been thrown out for birds.
The girl was rescued with five other children from a house in Handsworth, Birmingham.
She was discovered on Sunday and died later in hospital.
A man aged 29 and a woman aged 33 have appeared before Birmingham Magistrates and were remanded into custody.
A neighbour in the Leyton Road area described seeing children at the home grabbing bread which had been thrown out for birds.
West Midlands police refused to confirm that starvation was the cause of death.
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-1316726,00.html
What a sad story...