The parents of a toddler who died due to horrific neglect have each been jailed for six years and four months.
Margaret Wade, 38, and Marie Sweeney, 37, left Lauren Wade to starve to death at their flat in Glasgow's Sighthill.
A judge heard how the two-year-old went without proper food or care for months and was riddled with head lice.
The duo were sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow this week.
The pair had earlier pled guilty to the reduced charge of neglecting the toddler between June 2014 and March 2015. They also admitted in court to neglecting two other children between 2007 and 2015.
The couple's flat in Fountainwell Drive was described as one of the most disgusting one of the investigating detectives had ever seen.
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