India, Oct. 1 -- An Indian-origin couple accused of murdering their three-year-old daughter in the United Kingdom 'deliberately starved her to death' over a period of months, a London court was informed.

The two suspects, Manpreet Jatana, 34, and Jaskiret Singh Uppal, 36, appeared at the Old Bailey on Tuesday to face charges of the murder of their daughter Penelope Chandrie, whose starving body was discovered last year wrapped in a sheet in her west London home.

The couple is additionally charged with manslaughter, causing or allowing the death of a child, and abandoning a child or causing them unnecessary suffering or injury, according to a court report in The Daily Telegraph.

The prosecution alleged that Penelope was subjected to pro...