A FRENCH mum was sentenced to life in prison for starving her daughter to death after years of abuse.
The court in the southern city of Montpellier convicted Sandrine Pissarra, 54, of inflicting acts of torture and barbarity on her daughter Amandine, 13.
A French mum was jailed for life after starving her daughter Amandine (pictured) to death[/caption]
The 13-year-old girl tragically died in 2020 after years of abuse[/caption]
She must serve a minimum of 20 years behind bars before being eligible for parole, according to the terms of the sentence.
The verdict, the maximum sentence for the crime and in line with what prosecutors demanded, was agreed by a panel of three professional judges and six members of the public serving as a jury on Friday.
Pissarra’s ex-partner, Jean-Michel Cros, 49, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for depriving Amandine of care.
His sentence, which carried no possibility of parole, was more severe than the 18 years demanded by prosecutors although he could have faced up to 30 years.
“I want to apologize to my children, that’s all,” said Pissarra earlier in the afternoon in her final statement. “I have nothing to add,” said Cros.
When her daughter Amandine died on August 6, 2020, she weighed just 28 kilograms (62 pounds) and was 1.55 metres (five feet and one inch) tall.
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