Angela Gordon was sentenced to 15 years and her former partner Junaid Abuhamza has been imprisoned indefinitely, with a minimum term of seven-and-a-half years.

The pair were cleared of the girl's murder during a trial at Birmingham Crown Court in February, but convicted of her manslaughter.

Gordon, 35, and Abuhamza, 31, admitted child cruelty charges relating to five other children in their care and control, who were also starved and abused.

Judge Roderick Evans, sentencing, said: "It is not right to say that these children suffered from neglect. Neglect is an inadequate and inappropriate description of the way they were treated.

"Rather, they were subjected to a domestic regime of punishment which was chilling in its harshness and cruelty."

Sky's Midlands correspondent David Crabtree said: "We heard during this really appalling trial that Khyra was starved and was just 2st and 9lb when she died.

"The fridge in the kitchen was well-stocked but there was a lock on the fridge and they (the children) weren't able to get any food.

"The food the children did get was dried bread that was on the floor or porridge they ate with their hands."

Khyra was taught at home allegedly by her parents, but the judge was very concerned there was little contact between social services and the family during this time.

Social services are conducting a serious case review over the deadly abuse.

Khyra died in May 2008 when her body succumbed to an infection after months of starvation at her home in Handsworth, Birmingham.

The punishment regime included standing outside in the cold or in front of a fan for long periods, having cold water poured over her and being beaten with a bamboo cane.