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| Killer stepfather of schoolboy Daniel Pelka found dead in prison | Killer stepfather of schoolboy Daniel Pelka found dead in prison |
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| Mariusz Krezolek, who killed his four-year-old stepson Daniel Pelka, has been found dead at Full Sutton prison in Yorkshire. | Mariusz Krezolek, who killed his four-year-old stepson Daniel Pelka, has been found dead at Full Sutton prison in Yorkshire. |
| The 36-year-old was discovered unresponsive in his cell at HMP Full Sutton in Yorkshire on Wednesday morning and pronounced dead shortly after, the Prisons Service said on Friday. | |
| His death comes six months after his partner and Daniel’s mother, Magdelena Luczak, was found dead in her prison cell. An inquest found that she had killed herself. | |
| The couple were jailed for life in August 2013 for the “incomprehensible cruelty” leading to the boy’s death. | |
| A Prisons Service spokeswoman said: “HMP Full Sutton prisoner Mariusz Krezolek was found unresponsive in his cell at 8.30am on Wednesday 28 January. Staff immediately attempted resuscitation but he was pronounced dead shortly after. | |
| “As with all deaths in custody, there will be an investigation by the independent prisons and probation ombudsman.” | “As with all deaths in custody, there will be an investigation by the independent prisons and probation ombudsman.” |
| Daniel died of a head injury at his home in Coventry in April 2012 after a campaign of abuse at the hands of his mother and stepfather. | Daniel died of a head injury at his home in Coventry in April 2012 after a campaign of abuse at the hands of his mother and stepfather. |
| Luczak and Krezolek, both originally from Poland, went on trial for his murder the following year, making headlines for one of the most harrowing instances of child abuse in the UK. | |
| The trial heard how Daniel was forced to kneel for long periods of time, run continuously around the living room, perform squats and swallow salt, poured neat into his mouth, causing him to vomit. He weighed just over a stone and a half when he died. | The trial heard how Daniel was forced to kneel for long periods of time, run continuously around the living room, perform squats and swallow salt, poured neat into his mouth, causing him to vomit. He weighed just over a stone and a half when he died. |
| In her sentencing remarks, the judge Mrs Justice Cox said: “Harrowing details of the unimaginable acts of cruelty and brutality inflicted on little Daniel, over many months, have exposed both the torment and despair he must have suffered and your callous disregard for his pain and distress.” | |
| The judge said that before their arrests the pair tried to hide evidence by deleting their computer search history and concealing a urine-stained mattress on which Daniel was made to sleep. | The judge said that before their arrests the pair tried to hide evidence by deleting their computer search history and concealing a urine-stained mattress on which Daniel was made to sleep. |
| In December 2014, Luczak and Krezolek failed in appeals against their jail sentences. Lawyers for the pair argued that the minimum 30-year terms were excessive but three judges disagreed. | In December 2014, Luczak and Krezolek failed in appeals against their jail sentences. Lawyers for the pair argued that the minimum 30-year terms were excessive but three judges disagreed. |