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Couple jailed over baby torture Couple jailed over baby torture
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A couple have each been jailed for nine years for abusing a 17-month-old boy who was sliced with a knife and burned with cigarettes. A couple have been jailed for nine years for abusing a 17-month-old boy who was sliced with a knife and burned with cigarettes.
Sumairia Parveen abused her stepson Tahla Ikram before his death in 2006.Sumairia Parveen abused her stepson Tahla Ikram before his death in 2006.
Parveen, 24, and the child's father Abid Ikram, 30, from west London, were convicted of causing or allowing the child's death. Parveen, 24, and the child's father Abid Ikram, 30, from west London, were convicted of causing or allowing the child's death at an earlier hearing.
Ikram received a further 12 months at Southwark Crown for perverting the course of justice. Ikram received a further 12 months at Southwark Crown Court for perverting the course of justice.
More follows. Weeks of abuse
The court heard how the boy's father stood by and did nothing while the abuse happened.
Ikram had been formally cautioned for child neglect in March 2006 after police found Tahla alone at home.
The boy was placed in foster care but within months he was handed back to Ikram.
Parveen began the affair with Ikram after walking out on her husband but she hated Tahla who she felt threatened their relationship.
While she showered her own daughter with love, Tahla was subjected to weeks of abuse, the court was told.