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| Birthday tributes paid to murdered Daniel Pelka | Birthday tributes paid to murdered Daniel Pelka |
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| Tributes have been left at a memorial for murdered Daniel Pelka on what would have been his eighth birthday. | Tributes have been left at a memorial for murdered Daniel Pelka on what would have been his eighth birthday. |
| His mother Magdelena Luczak, 29, was found dead in a prison cell at HMP Foston Hall on Tuesday. | |
| She and her partner Mariusz Krezolek were each jailed for at least 30 years for Daniel's murder. He died from a head injury in March 2012, but had been beaten and starved over several months. | She and her partner Mariusz Krezolek were each jailed for at least 30 years for Daniel's murder. He died from a head injury in March 2012, but had been beaten and starved over several months. |
| About 10 people gathered at a memorial to Daniel in Coventry on Wednesday. | About 10 people gathered at a memorial to Daniel in Coventry on Wednesday. |
| One of those paying tribute, Angela Sidlow, said it was to "keep Daniel's memory alive". | One of those paying tribute, Angela Sidlow, said it was to "keep Daniel's memory alive". |
| 'Incomprehensible brutality' | 'Incomprehensible brutality' |
| "Daniel's story really touched me, that someone his age could go through so much and actually survive as long as he did," she said. | "Daniel's story really touched me, that someone his age could go through so much and actually survive as long as he did," she said. |
| "It's important that stories like his aren't just forgotten." | "It's important that stories like his aren't just forgotten." |
| When he died, four-year-old Daniel weighed just over a stone and a half. | When he died, four-year-old Daniel weighed just over a stone and a half. |
| Luczak and Krezolek's trial in Birmingham Crown Court heard they had subjected the youngster to "incomprehensible brutality". | Luczak and Krezolek's trial in Birmingham Crown Court heard they had subjected the youngster to "incomprehensible brutality". |
| He was denied food, forced to perform punishment exercises, confined in a locked box room, poisoned with salt and subjected to water torture. | He was denied food, forced to perform punishment exercises, confined in a locked box room, poisoned with salt and subjected to water torture. |
| Mrs Sidlow said she and other members of the Justice For Daniel campaign group were backing calls for a new law to make the reporting of suspected child abuse mandatory - sometimes referred to as Daniel's Law. | Mrs Sidlow said she and other members of the Justice For Daniel campaign group were backing calls for a new law to make the reporting of suspected child abuse mandatory - sometimes referred to as Daniel's Law. |
| "The moment they pass that, I'll be at Daniel's memorial putting up a flag," she said. | "The moment they pass that, I'll be at Daniel's memorial putting up a flag," she said. |
| Mrs Sidlow said she visited Coventry's St Paul's cemetery every week, to maintain tributes surrounding a memorial stone, which was laid in November 2013. | Mrs Sidlow said she visited Coventry's St Paul's cemetery every week, to maintain tributes surrounding a memorial stone, which was laid in November 2013. |
| The Home Office has said it will be consulting on the mandatory reporting of child abuse. | |
| Derbyshire Police has said it will prepare a file for the coroner over Magdelena Luczak's death ahead of any inquest. |