A mum and stepdad who tortured their daughter to death and hid her corpse for three years so they could continue to claim child benefit have been jailed for 31 years.
The cruel couple stashed the dead five-year-old in a locked room in their rented apartment so they could rake in the extra cash from the government and were only found out when they were being evicted and bailiffs discovered the tiny mummified body.
A court heard that Juraj Hrotak, 34, regularly beat and starved his partner, Alexander Hrotakova, and her daughter, Lucka, and it is believed she eventually died from the abuse in around 2009.
Three years later the owner of the pair's apartment in Bratislava, Slovakis wanted to reclaim their property but the couple refused to leave police and bailiffs became involved and it was only then tragic Lucka's body was discovered.
The murderous couple have finally been sentence after exhausting their final appeal.
Hrotak was sentenced to 17 years in prison for torturing the girl and 18 months for failure to quit the apartment while Hrotakova, 43, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for failure as a mother to protect her daughter.
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