| Leanne Labonte and Dennis Henry |
Leanne Labonte was sentenced to 10 years for manslaughter and child cruelty and Dennis Henry was given 12 years for the same charges, after the jury took less than four hours to find them guilty of killing Ainlee Walker.
The couple from Plaistow in east London both denied the charges, saying they couldn't explain how cigarette burns and third degree scalding marks were found on the girl's body.
Paramedics called to the couple's flat in January found Ainlee lying on a table with no pulse. They tried to reuscitate but were unable to do so.
Labonte admitted Ainlee had not been fed for a day-and-a-half before she died.
The judge Mr Justice Leveson called for a full inquiry into Ainlee's death.
He said that when the dreadful burns and scalds were inflicted on Ainlee: "I have no doubt that she would have screamed and screamed until she could scream no more.
"In the end she lost the will to live," he said.
He told Labonte and Henry they were "in it together to a sufficient extent that it would be wrong to distinguish between you".
Click here to read a statement from Kathryn Hudson, director of social services for Newham council.
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