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Starvation Death in Britain, Parents Charged With Neglect
Khyra Ishaq was found with her five brothers and sisters living in squalid conditions in a house in Birmingham.
Police discovered Ishaq and her brothers and sisters in an emaciated state after an ambulance was called to treat the dying girl.
Neighbours later claimed the children were seen eating bread left out for the birds.
Angela Gordon, 33, and 29-year-old Junaid Abuhamza - believed to be their mother and step-father - appeared before magistrates on Monday, charged with neglect and were remanded in custody.
Birmingham Perry Barr MP Khalid Mahmood called for an investigation into the city's social services after it emerged that Khyra and the other children had been taken out of school nearly three months ago amid claims of bullying.
"There are structural issues here within the local authority that need to be addressed," he said.
"I will be asking the local authority at the first available opportunity to account for their inaction. There are lessons to be learned here - we have to be far more stringent with people who don't take their children to school."
Mahmood, who is writing to the chief executive of Birmingham City Council, said he had been told that an educational social worker visited Khyra's home after the children were removed from school, but no further follow-up checks took place.
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