Khyra Ishaq trial: Mother cleared of murder but admits manslaughter
Mr Raggatt told the opening of the retrial, which followed an aborted trial held last summer, that Khyra died after being starved by her mother and stepfather during months of "calculated" cruelty.
Khyra eventually succumbed to an infection after being starved "quite deliberately" while being kept prisoner in her own home.
When he opened the case against Gordon and Abuhamza in January, Mr Raggatt warned jurors that aspects of the case would upset and disturb them.
Khyra was so emaciated at the time of her death on May 17, 2008, that her condition was outside the experience of medical professionals.
Abuhamza, who lived at Leyton Road in the months leading up to the death, also pleaded guilty to five counts of cruelty relating to five other children, who cannot be identified for legal reasons.
The other children, who were also in the defendants' care, were "similarly starved" and assaulted, the court heard, with two of them found to be in a state of acute, severe and dangerous malnutrition.
Before Gordon pleaded guilty to child cruelty and was cleared of murder, her counsel, Michael Burrows QC, said psychiatrists had agreed that her condition substantially impaired her ability to function effectively as a mother.
Before jurors were directed to clear Gordon, Mr Burrows told the court: "The jury already know that Angela Gordon has been assessed by three psychiatrists.
"From what they have said in reports, it is clear and beyond dispute that Angela Gordon was, from the beginning of 2008, depressed, and for a period of around a month before Khyra's death, severely depressed."
Speaking on the steps of the court building, Khyra's natural father, Ishaq Abuzaire, thanked his family and members of the Islamic community for their support since the death of his daughter.
He added: "I would also like to thank West Midlands Police for their efforts - they have shed a lot of light on the whole situation.
"I would also say thanks to the CPS, who, in my opinion, gave a good fight in the courts."
Khyra's father also thanked her school for its efforts to protect her and doctors at Birmingham Children's Hospital for their attempts to revive her.
Although he expressed disappointment that the defendants were not convicted of murder, Mr Abuzaire went on: "As far as the law is concerned, I am satisfied with the results.
"I think manslaughter was the right decision and the right outcome."
Mr Abuzaire said it had been horrific to see professional doctors reduced to tears and also disclosed that he had not been able to bring himself to look a pictures of Khyra's injuries.
