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TORONTO — An inquest into the starvation death of a five-year-old boy at the hands of his grandparents is hearing that the other children in the house were told to call him a pig.

Jeffrey Baldwin died was starved to death in 2002 by his grandparents — Elva Bottineau and Norman Kidman — who gained custody of the boy and his three siblings despite the fact both of them had previous convictions for child abuse.

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The coroner’s inquest into Jeffrey’s death is watching video statements today from Jeffrey’s siblings about the abuse he suffered.

Jeffrey’s eldest sister can be seen telling police that Bottineau taught her and her other brother not to like Jeffrey and her other sister.

She says Jeffrey and the other sister were only allowed out of their bedroom for meals and even then they had to stand in what she called the “pig corner.”