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Margaret Wade, 38, and partner Marie Sweeney, 37, were handed the measly sentence after admitting they left lice-covered tot Lauren Wade without food or care in a filthy Glasgow flat for months.

The toddler was dirty, severely underweight and riddled with "thousands" of head lice before her death, a court heard.

She was raced to hospital in March 2015 after being found “unresponsive”, but was pronounced dead around 30 minutes later.

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The court heard Lauren was “plainly unwell” and “emaciated” for days before she died.

The tot endured months of misery as mum Margaret and long-term partner Marie failed to feed, water, bathe or care for her.

A week earlier Wade had told a neighbour her girl was “screaming all night” due to “teething”.

But the prosecutor said: “In fact, Lauren had a full set of teeth by that stage.”

Days later, Wade insisted the “pale and tired” tot had a cold.

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And on March 20, 2015, a 999-call was made after the youngster was discovered to be "unresponsive".

Despite efforts to save her, she tragically died.

At the time of her death, Lauren was described as “skinny, dirty and unkempt”, with a sodden nappy and bald patches.

She was also covered with "thousands" of head lice, the court heard.

Tiny Lauren died of “complications from malnutrition” in their squalid flat in Sighthill, Glasgow - crammed full of binbags, rotting food and waste that left the home crawling with flies and insects.

Even the ambulance that took her lifeless body to hospital had to be decontaminated — because she was covered in lice and fleas.

A court heard tragic Lauren wasted away under the noses of her parents in a “chaotic and disgusting” hellhole of a home.

One detective described the flat the tot lived in with Wade and Sweeney in Glasgow, Scotland, as one of the worst he'd ever seen.

Wade and Sweeney were originally charged with murder but both pleaded guilty at the High Court in the city to neglecting their daughter and two other kids.

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Prosecutor Bill McVicar told the court Wade and Sweeney had been a couple for more than 15 years and both regarded themselves as Lauren’s “parents”.

He said the case involved “basic ill treatment and neglect” of their daughter and the other two kids.

This included the jobless pair not keeping the children clean as well as not providing proper food, clothes or medical care.

Mr McVicar explained: “The most significant effect of the failure to provide a proper diet is the malnutrition of Lauren, which caused complications leading to her death.”

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Today, the pair, who had been together for 15 years, were jailed for a total of nearly 13 years at Glasgow's High Court.

They were each sentenced to six years and four months behind bars.

The two mums showed no emotion as they were led to the cells in handcuffs after being jailed.