Sydney - The mother of a 7-year-old Australian girl who starved to death was Tuesday found guilty of murder.

The 47-year old father, who blamed his wife, 35, for the neglect that left the child weighing just 9 kilograms at her death, was convicted of manslaughter.

Doctors told the court it was the worst case of malnutrition they had seen, with one describing the emaciated child's head as a "skull wrapped in skin."

Neither of the accused, who had pleaded not guilty, showed any emotion when the verdicts were read. Their three other children have been taken into care. (dpa)