[1] Daniel's death made headlines for months, as it was evident that a number of opportunities had been missed to identify him as suffering severe child abuse.

Eryk Pełka, Daniel's biological father, took his family, and his partner Magdalena Łuczak and her child, to the United Kingdom from their native Poland at the end of 2005.

[4] In November of the same year, Daniel's school became concerned about his stealing food from other pupils, and eating an unusual amount of the free fruit available.

Łuczak had previously told medical professionals that Daniel would raid the fridge at night, and would punch his stepfather when he wasn't given food.

[5] Despite this low rate of school attendance, between November 2011 and February 2012, various injuries to Daniel's head and neck were noted on five separate occasions by three different adults.

People continued to notice his eating out of bins, including on 1 March, the day he would receive the beating that caused his death.

[5] In addition to direct concerns about Daniel, social services had been visiting the family since 2008, due to serious domestic violence against Łuczak by Krężołek.

[5][7] Łuczak did a Google search for "care – patient in a coma" as well as salt poisoning on the morning of 2 March.

[11] Both Krężołek and Łuczak denied causing Daniel's death, but admitted to the offence of child cruelty.

[13] Text message evidence showed Łuczak admitting to nearly drowning Daniel, and that they removed the handle to his bedroom door, so that his siblings could not let him out.

She also stated that the culprits "carried out a deliberate and cynical deception of teaching, welfare, and medical personnel, which was designed to conceal what was happening, to prevent any help being provided for Daniel".

[19] In 2014, the indie rock band Little Comets released a song called "Salt", accompanied by a YouTube video, dedicated to the memory of Daniel Pełka.

[20] On 14 July 2015, Łuczak was found unresponsive in her cell at HM Prison Foston Hall at about 07:15 BST and was pronounced dead.