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A mother and her partner accused of murdering her seven-year-old daughter by starving her to death have admitted her manslaughter.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 Abuhamza, 31, was dropped after new evidence about his mental health was revealed at Birmingham Crown Court.A charge of murder against Junaid Abuhamza, 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, and her trial for murder continues.The prosecution did not accept a plea of manslaughter by Angela Gordon, 35, and her trial for murder continues.
The pair were accused of starving Khyra Ishaq to death in Birmingham in 2008.The pair were accused of starving Khyra Ishaq to death in Birmingham in 2008.
Khyra and five other children under their care and control had been denied food, the court has been told. She was so emaciated at the time of her death, on 17 May, that her condition was outside the experience of medical professionals, prosecutor Timothy Raggatt QC has told the jury.
Cold waterCold water
Mr Abuhamza pleaded guilty to Khyra's manslaughter on Friday and the plea was accepted by the jury. Khyra and five other children under the couple's care and control had been denied food, the court heard.
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. Abuhamza's guilty plea to Khyra's manslaughter was accepted and he was found guilty of that charge by the jury after direction from the judge, Mr Justice Roderick Evans.
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. Abuhamza has told the court that he was brutally abused as a child and witnessed his father beating his younger sister to death when he was five years old.
He also told jurors 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."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. 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. Khyra died after being 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. Abuhamza, who pleaded guilty to five cruelty charges at an earlier hearing, will be sentenced at the end of the trial.