Australians cell in horror after baby death

An Australian couple's years in jail because they let die their two month old baby.

Narelle baby was severely malnourished at the time of death and had multiple injuries, including fractured ribs and a fractured skull. According to the court the girl must have lived for weeks ' in agonizing pain. ' It is still unclear what exactly happened to the infant.

The court ruled strictly on the circumstances in which the family lived. ' There were hardly any places on the floor where no trash, dirty diapers or food scraps layers, '' the judge said. ' Cockroaches were everywhere, even in the cradle and the table where the baby was delivered. ''

The child's parents pleaded guilty to manslaughter. The father was sentenced to nine years in prison; the mother disappears over six years behind bars.