British judge describes last months of young Daniel Pelka's life BIRMINGHAM, England, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- A Polish immigrant was sentenced to at least 30 years in a British prison Friday for starving her 4-year-old son before he was beaten to death. Both Magdalena Luczak and Mariusz Krezolek, the boy's stepfather, were given automatic life sentences by a judge in Birmingham Crown Court, the Daily Mirror reported. Both were told they must serve at least 30 years before release. Mrs. Justice Laura Cox gave a graphic description of the misery of Daniel Pelka's last months. She said Daniel died alone last year locked into a small room more than 30 hours after the final beating when Luczak and Krezolek could have saved his life by calling an ambulance. He was confined for regular and prolonged periods in the small, bare box room upstairs. The inner door handle was removed and the metal panel so arranged that he could not even see out of the keyhole," the judge said. The small hand and finger marks on the inside of that door provided a poignant image of his desperate attempts to escape. The couple showed no emotion as they listened to the judge and to her words translated into Polish by interpreters. Daniel was so hungry he picked up scraps other children at his school had discarded. His teachers were concerned and talked to Luczak and doctors about his condition. An investigation is now under way to determine why social services were not told of the case.