Stepdad 'Unaware' Of Weight Loss A man accused of starving and murdering his four-year-old stepson has told a court that he had not noticed how thin the boy was before seeing his body in the morgue. It is alleged that Daniel Pelka was subjected to "incomprehensible" cruelty and was deprived of food for months before being beaten to death at his home in Coventry. Mariusz Krezolek and the boy's mother Magdelena Luczak both deny murder and causing or allowing his death, but have admitted a charge of cruelty. Krezolek was giving evidence in his defence for a fourth day at Birmingham Crown court where he was cross examined by prosecuting barrister Jonas Hankin QC. When asked by Mr Hankin whether he was worried by Daniel's weight loss in the months leading up to his death, Krezolek said: "To be honest I saw he was thin but not that he was extremely thin. Everything became apparent only in the morgue. Mr Hankin showed the court a scan of Daniel's "emaciated" body, telling jurors a doctor thought that Daniel had been starved over a period of three to nine months. Mr Hankin said that Daniel was only fed "in public." But Mr Krezolek insisted he did not know how Daniel ended up in that state, and said there had been no "systematic" starvation. Mr Krezolek also denied misleading doctors by telling them Daniel had an eating disorder. The jury also heard Krezolek denied landing a deadly punch to Daniel's head and strangling his mother. Luczak' s barrister, Stephen Linehan QC, suggested an entirely different version of events to those previously given by Krezolek. "From the bathroom you grabbed hold of his clothes and took him into the box room, then you punched him to the side of his head," Mr Linehan said. He went on to suggest the stepfather had knocked Daniel onto a mattress and then tried to strangle Luczak when she tried to stop him. Mr Linehan added: "I'm suggesting his injuries to his brain were caused by a direct blow that knocked him down." Krezolek replied "not true" to each of the accusations. Krezolek was asked why, when Daniel was unconscious or semi-unconscious, was he surfing the internet for a new car and new tyres. He admitted carrying on "partially" as "normal," because he said Daniel's mother was confident that he would be alright. When prompted Krezolek admitted that they were both responsible for the mistreatment but when asked which of them killed Daniel he said: "I didn't see Magda do anything and I didn't do anything either."