Before she died she was seen stealing food thrown out for the birds in a neighbor's yard. Of which the child's mother then scolded the neighbor for leaving the bread out.
A mother and her partner accused of murdering her seven-year-old daughter by starving her to death have admitted her manslaughter.
A charge of murder against Junaid Abu Hamza, 31, was dropped after new evidence about his mental health was revealed at Birmingham Crown Court.
The prosecution did not accept a plea of manslaughter by Angela Gordon, 35, denies murder and her trial continues.
The pair were accused of starving Khyra Ishaq to death. She died in Birmingham in May 2008.
Khyra and five other children under their care and control had been denied food, the court was told.
Cold water
Mr Abuhamza pleaded guilty to Khyra's manslaughter on Friday and the plea was accepted by the jury.
He has told the court that he had been brutally abused himself as a child and witnessed his father beating his younger sister to death when he was aged five.
He also told the court last week he had beaten Khyra with a cane, made her stand outside in the cold and threw cold water over her.
When asked by the prosecution if he blamed himself for her death, he said: "Yes I do."
The court has heard he suffered from bouts of schizophrenia and thought Khyra had a weird face because she was possessed by evil spirits.
Khyra died on 17 May, 2008, after she was discovered at the family home in Handsworth, Birmingham, in a state of starvation.
Abuhamza who has pleaded guilty to five cruelty charges at an earlier hearing, will be sentenced at the end of the trial.
BBC
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