India, Feb. 2 -- A 20-year-old woman's parents have been found guilty of child abuse-related charges after they put her on a strict diet for years to keep her thin and small so she could be their "little girl forever."

The Australian couple, who lived in a wealthy Perth suburb, were found guilty of failing to provide adequate nutrition to their child as even when she was 16, she weighed only 27 kgs.

The teen became so thin and emaciated that she had to be hospitalised and placed on a feeding tube. Her father even tried to change her date of birth on her birth certificate to make her appear younger than she was.

The parents made her look like a little girl by dressing her in preschool-aged clothing when she was 16. The couple was also f...